Article: Photodissociation of (SO2)m(H2O)n clusters employing femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy.
The Journal of chemical physics
2005 Volume 122, Issue 15, Page(s) 154306
Abstract: ... A. W. Castleman, Jr., J. Chem. Phys. 121, 3540 (2004)]. The E state lifetime increases sequentially ... the dissociation process owing to a steric effect induced by the cluster environment [K. L. Knappenberger, Jr. and ...
Abstract | A femtosecond pump-probe technique was employed to study the photodissociation dynamics of (SO2)m(H2O)n clusters in real time for clusters, where m=1, 2 and n as large as 11. The pump (excitation) step occurs through a multiphoton process which populates the dissociative E state as well as a lower-lying bound state of the sulfur dioxide (SO2) chromophore. Dissociation of the SO2 monomer occurs through the E state and the decay is fit to a lifetime of 230 fs. The present study is in agreement with our previous investigations of homogeneous (SO2)m clusters that have shown that cluster formation inhibits the dissociation process owing to a steric effect induced by the cluster environment [K. L. Knappenberger, Jr. and A. W. Castleman, Jr., J. Chem. Phys. 121, 3540 (2004)]. The E state lifetime increases sequentially as a function of cluster size to as much as 668 fs when 11 water molecules solvate the chromophore. We have employed a method to compare the ratio of amplitude coefficients, which reflect a respective component of the mathematical fit, to determine the nature of the wave packet evolution in binary clusters. An increase of this ratio by as much as 440% was observed for large cluster sizes. A preferential ion state charge transfer, rather than dissociation, was observed in binary clusters. The significance of cluster size on evaporation processes has been investigated. |
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Language | English |
Publishing date | 2005-04-15 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 3113-6 |
ISSN | 1089-7690 ; 0021-9606 |
ISSN (online) | 1089-7690 |
ISSN | 0021-9606 |
DOI | 10.1063/1.1869494 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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