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Li Z, Fu YL, Luo Z, Yang S, Wu Y, Wu H, Wu G, Zhang W, Fu B, Yuan K, Zhang D, Yang X. Roaming in highly excited states: The central atom elimination of triatomic molecule decomposition. Science 2024; 383:746-750. [PMID: 38359138 DOI: 10.1126/science.adn3357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
Abstract
Chemical reactions are generally assumed to proceed from reactants to products along the minimum energy path (MEP). However, straying from the MEP-roaming-has been recognized as an unconventional reaction mechanism and found to occur in both the ground and first excited states. Its existence in highly excited states is however not yet established. We report a dissociation channel to produce electronically excited fragments, S(1D)+O2(a1Δg), from SO2 photodissociation in highly excited states. The results revealed two dissociation pathways: One proceeds through the MEP to produce vibrationally colder O2(a1Δg) and the other yields vibrationally hotter O2(a1Δg) by means of a roaming pathway involving an intramolecular O abstraction during reorientation motion. Such roaming dynamics may well be the rule rather than the exception for molecular photodissociation through highly excited states.
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- Zhenxing Li
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- Marine Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, Liaoning 116026, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, P. R. China
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Advanced Light Source Research, College of Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, P. R. China
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Hou S, Wang Z, Xie C. Full-dimensional potential energy surface for the photodissociation of HNCO via its S 1 band. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:29556-29565. [PMID: 37877344 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp03703g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2023]
Abstract
A full-dimensional potential energy surface (PES) for the first excited state S1(1A'') of HNCO has been built up by the neural network method based on more than 36 000 ab initio points, which were calculated at the multireference configuration interaction level with Davidson correction using the augmented correlation consistent polarized valence triple zeta basis set. It was found that two minima, namely, trans and cis isomers of HNCO, and another seven stationary points exist on the S1 PES for the two dissociation pathways: HNCO(S1) → H + NCO/NH + CO. Particularly, a new out-of-plane transition state between the two minima was found in this work, thanks to including all the degree of freedoms for this system. The adiabatic excitation energy of the S1(1A'') ← S0(1A') transition and dissociation energies D0(HNCO → H + NCO) and D0((HNCO →NH(a1Δ) + CO) calculated on the PES are in good agreement with experimental results. In addition, based on the newly constructed S1 PES, the percentage of products H + NCO in the photodissociation of HNCO(S1) was obtained by a quasi-classical trajectory method at the photon wavelengths ranging from 190 to 225 nm, which is in reasonably good agreement with earlier theoretical and experimental results. For the dissociation lifetimes of the trajectories, they were calculated to be less than 5 ps, which is also consistent with experimental observations.
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- Siting Hou
- Institute of Modern Physics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Theoretical Physics Frontiers, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China.
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Theoretical Physics Frontiers, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China.
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Theoretical Physics Frontiers, Northwest University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710127, China.
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Zhang Z, Wu H, Chen Z, Fu Y, Fu B, Zhang DH, Yang X, Yuan K. Multiple Dissociation Pathways in HNCO Decomposition Governed by Potential Energy Surface Topography. JACS AU 2023; 3:2855-2861. [PMID: 37885590 PMCID: PMC10598830 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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The exquisite features of molecular photochemistry are key to any complete understanding of the chemical processes governed by potential energy surfaces (PESs). It is well established that multiple dissociation pathways relate to nonadiabatic transitions between multiple coupled PESs. However, little detail is known about how the single PES determines reaction outcomes. Here we perform detailed experiments on HNCO photodissociation, acquiring the state-specific correlations of the NH (a1Δ) and CO (X1Σ+) products. The experiments reveal a trimodal CO rotational distribution. Dynamics simulations based on a full-dimensional machine-learning-based PES of HNCO unveil three dissociation pathways exclusively occurring on the S1 excited electronic state. One pathway, following the minimum energy path (MEP) via the transition state, contributes to mild rotational excitation in CO, while the other two pathways deviating substantially from the MEP account for relatively cold and hot CO rotational state populations. These peculiar dynamics are unambiguously governed by the S1 state PES topography, i.e., a narrow acceptance cone in the vicinity of the transition state region. The dynamical picture shown in this work will serve as a textbook example illustrating the importance of the PES topography in molecular photochemistry.
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- Zhiguo Zhang
- State
Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent
Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
- Key
Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Informatics of
Anhui Educational Institutions and School of Physics and Electronic
Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang, Anhui 236041, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent
Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent
Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent
Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent
Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Hefei
National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent
Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Hefei
National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent
Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Hefei
National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
- Department
of Chemistry and Center for Advanced Light Source Research, College
of Science, Southern University of Science
and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Dalian Coherent
Light Source, Dalian Institute of Chemical
Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
- University
of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Hefei
National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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Rodríguez-Fernández A, Bonnet L, Crespos C, Larrégaray P, Díez Muiño R. When classical trajectories get to quantum accuracy: II. The scattering of rotationally excited H2 on Pd(111). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:22805-22814. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02655g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The classical trajectory method in a quantum spirit assigns statistical weights to classical paths on the basis of two semiclassical corrections: Gaussian binning and the adiabaticity correction.
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- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM/MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU)
- 20018 Donostia-SanSebastián
- Spain
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)
- 20018 Donostia-SanSebastián
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Ayari T, Desouter-Lecomte M, Linguerri R, Garcia GA, Nahon L, Ben Houria A, Ghalila H, Ben Said R, Hochlaf M. State-to-state dissociative photoionization of molecular nitrogen: the full story. ADVANCES IN PHYSICS: X 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/23746149.2020.1831955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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- T. Ayari
- COSYS/LISIS, Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne, France
- Laboratoire De Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire Et Applications – LSAMA, Université De Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Institut De Chimie Physique, UMR8000, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Orsay, France
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- COSYS/LISIS, Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’orme Des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’orme Des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire De Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire Et Applications – LSAMA, Université De Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire De Spectroscopie Atomique, Moléculaire Et Applications – LSAMA, Université De Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, Qassim University, Ar Rass, Saudi Arabia
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- COSYS/LISIS, Université Gustave Eiffel, Champs-sur-Marne, France
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Rodríguez-Fernández A, Bonnet L, Crespos C, Larrégaray P, Díez Muiño R. When Classical Trajectories Get to Quantum Accuracy: The Scattering of H 2 on Pd(111). J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:7629-7635. [PMID: 31774684 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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When elementary reactive processes occur at such low energies that only a few states of reactants and/or products are available, quantum effects strongly manifest and the standard description of the dynamics within the classical framework fails. We show here, for H2 scattering on Pd(111), that by pseudoquantizing in the spirit of Bohr the relevant final actions of the system, along with adequately treating the diffraction-mediated trapping of the incoming wave, classical simulations achieve an unprecedented agreement with state-of-the-art quantum dynamics calculations.
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- A Rodríguez-Fernández
- Université de Bordeaux, ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France
- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM/MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU) , Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
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- Université de Bordeaux, ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France
- CNRS, ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France
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- Université de Bordeaux, ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France
- CNRS, ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France
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- Université de Bordeaux, ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France
- CNRS, ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France
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- Centro de Física de Materiales CFM/MPC (CSIC-UPV/EHU) , Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC) , Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4 , 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián , Spain
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Bonnet L, Larrégaray P, Lara M, Launay JM. Theoretical Study of Barrierless Chemical Reactions Involving Nearly Elastic Rebound: The Case of S( 1D) + X 2, X = H, D. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:6439-6454. [PMID: 31329443 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
For some values of the total angular momentum consistent with reaction, the title processes involve nonreactive trajectories proceeding through a single rebound mechanism during which the internal motion of the reagent diatom is nearly unperturbed. When such paths are in a significant amount, the classical reaction probability is found to be markedly lower than the quantum mechanical one. This finding was recently attributed to an unusual quantum effect called diffraction-mediated trapping, and a semiclassical correction was proposed in order to take into account this effect in the classical trajectory method. In the present work, we apply the resulting approach to the calculation of opacity functions as well as total and state-resolved integral cross sections (ICSs) and compare the values obtained with exact quantum ones, most of which are new. As the title reactions proceed through a deep insertion well, mean potential statistical calculations are also presented. Seven values of the collision energy, ranging from 30 to 1127 K, are considered. Two remarkable facts stand out: (i) The corrected classical treatment strongly improves the accuracy of the opacity function as compared to the usual classical treatment. When the entrance transition state is tight, however, those trajectories crossing it with a bending vibrational energy below the zero point energy must be discarded. (ii) The quantum opacity function, particularly its cutoff, is finely reproduced by the statistical approach. Consequently, the total ICS is also very well described by the two previous approximate methods. These, however, do not predict state-resolved ICSs with the same accuracy, proving thereby that (i) one or several genuine quantum effects involved in the dynamics are missed by the corrected classical treatment and (ii) the dynamics are not fully statistical.
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- L Bonnet
- Université de Bordeaux, ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France.,CNRS , ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France
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- Université de Bordeaux, ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France.,CNRS , ISM , UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence , France
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- Departamento de Química Física Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid , Spain
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- Institut de Physique de Rennes, UMR CNRS 6251 , Université de Rennes I , F-35042 Rennes , France
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Zhang ZG, Xin M, Wu YN, Zhao ST, Tang YJ, Chen Y. Imaging HNCO photodissociation at 201 nm: State-to-state correlations between CO (X1Σ+) and NH (a1Δ). CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2018. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/31/cjcp1808192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Zhi-guo Zhang
- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236041, China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236041, China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236041, China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236041, China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236041, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics and Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Bonnet L. Semiclassical initial value theory of rotationally inelastic scattering: Some remarks on the phase index in the interaction picture. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:194104. [PMID: 30307190 DOI: 10.1063/1.5024785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
This paper deals with the treatment of quantum interferences in the semiclassical initial value theory of rotationally inelastic scattering in the interaction picture. Like many semiclassical methods, the previous approach involves a phase index related to sign changes of a Jacobian whose square root is involved in the calculations. It is shown that replacing the original phase index by a new one extends the range of applicability of the theory. The resulting predictions are in close agreement with exact quantum scattering results for a model of atom-rigid diatom collision involving strong interferences. The developments are performed within the framework of the planar rotor model, but are readily applicable to three-dimensional collisions.
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- L Bonnet
- CNRS, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France and Université de Bordeaux, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France
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Zhang ZG, Xin M, Zhao ST, Chen Y. Imaging Isocyanic Acid Photodissociation at 193 nm: the NH( a1Δ)+CO( X1Σ +) Channel. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2018. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/31/cjcp1706120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Zhi-guo Zhang
- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236041, China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236041, China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Fuyang Normal University, Fuyang 236041, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Chemical Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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Bonnet L, Espinosa-Garcia J. Simulation of the experimental imaging results for the OH + CHD 3 reaction with a simple and accurate theoretical approach. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:20267-20270. [PMID: 28726885 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04091a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The OH + CHD3 reaction is among the largest one ever studied at the high-resolution level permitted by imaging techniques [B. Zhang et al., J. Phys. Chem. A, 2005, 109, 8989]. This process involves eighteen configuration space coordinates, which are large enough to make exact quantum scattering calculations beyond reach. Moreover, freezing some degrees-of-freedom in order to render these calculations feasible may lead to unrealistic predictions. However, we have found it possible to reproduce for the first time the pair-correlated measurements of Zhang et al. at a nearly quantitative level by means of full-dimensional classical trajectory calculations in a quantum spirit on a recent ab initio potential energy surface. These calculations combine the classical description of the dynamics, well suited to polyatomic systems, with Bohr quantization of both reagent and product vibrational motions. While this pseudo-quantization is exactly imposed to the reagents, it is approximately imposed to the products in a first step through energy-based Gaussian binning (1GB). In a second step, we show that the original action-based Gaussian binning (GB), long thought to be inapplicable in practice to polyatomic reactions, yields in fact results comparable in accuracy and numerical cost to those obtained by means of 1GB, provided that Gaussian weights are properly widened. This new finding clearly extends the scope of GB in theoretical reactive scattering.
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- Laurent Bonnet
- CNRS, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires, UMR 5255, 33405, Talence, France.
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