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Crane SW, Lee JWL, Ashfold MNR, Rolles D. Molecular photodissociation dynamics revealed by Coulomb explosion imaging. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023. [PMID: 37335247 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp01740k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
Abstract
Coulomb explosion imaging (CEI) methods are finding ever-growing use as a means of exploring and distinguishing the static stereo-configurations of small quantum systems (molecules, clusters, etc). CEI experiments initiated by ultrafast (femtosecond-duration) laser pulses also allow opportunities to track the time-evolution of molecular structures, and thereby advance understanding of molecular fragmentation processes. This Perspective illustrates two emerging families of dynamical studies. 'One-colour' studies (employing strong field ionisation driven by intense near infrared or single X-ray or extreme ultraviolet laser pulses) afford routes to preparing multiply charged molecular cations and exploring how their fragmentation progresses from valence-dominated to Coulomb-dominated dynamics with increasing charge and how this evolution varies with molecular size and composition. 'Two-colour' studies use one ultrashort laser pulse to create electronically excited neutral molecules (or monocations), whose structural evolution is then probed as a function of pump-probe delay using an ultrafast ionisation pulse along with time and position-sensitive detection methods. This latter type of experiment has the potential to return new insights into not just molecular fragmentation processes but also charge transfer processes between moieties separating with much better defined stereochemical control than in contemporary ion-atom and ion-molecule charge transfer studies.
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- Stuart W Crane
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Yadav J, Safvan CP, Bhatt P, Kumari P, Kumar A, Rajput J. Hydrogen migration in triply charged acetylene. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:141101. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0086427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We report on the direct experimental evidence of hydrogen migration in triply charged acetylene. The roaming hydrogen atom in a triply charged molecular ion is counter intuitive. The three body breakup channel [Formula: see text] is studied using the technique of recoil ion momentum spectroscopy. The triply charged ion was generated in collisions of the neutral parent with a slow highly charged Xe9+ ion. Three different dissociation pathways have been identified and separated, namely, concerted breakup in an acetylene configuration, concerted breakup in a vinylidene configuration, and sequential breakup via a [Formula: see text] intermediate, and the branching ratio for all three pathways are determined.
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- Jatin Yadav
- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Inter-University Accelerator Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Inter-University Accelerator Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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- Inter-University Accelerator Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India
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Bhattacharyya S, Borne K, Ziaee F, Pathak S, Wang E, Venkatachalam AS, Marshall N, Carnes KD, Fehrenbach CW, Severt T, Ben-Itzhak I, Rudenko A, Rolles D. Two- and three-body fragmentation of multiply charged tribromomethane by ultrafast laser pulses. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:27631-27644. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03089f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This article provides mechanistic insight into the two- and three-body fragmentation dynamics of CHBr3 after strong-field ionization and discusses the possible isomerization of CHBr3 to BrCHBr–Br (iso-CHBr3) prior to the fragmentation.
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- Surjendu Bhattacharyya
- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale and Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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- J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
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Iwamoto N, Schwartz CJ, Jochim B, Raju P K, Feizollah P, Napierala JL, Severt T, Tegegn SN, Solomon A, Zhao S, Lam H, Wangjam TN, Kumarappan V, Carnes KD, Ben-Itzhak I, Wells E. Strong-field control of H 3 + production from methanol dications: Selecting between local and extended formation mechanisms. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:054302. [PMID: 32035476 DOI: 10.1063/1.5129946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Using the CD3OH isotopologue of methanol, the ratio of D2H+ to D3 + formation is manipulated by changing the characteristics of the intense femtosecond laser pulse. Detection of D2H+ indicates a formation process involving two hydrogen atoms from the methyl side of the molecule and a proton from the hydroxyl side, while detection of D3 + indicates local formation involving only the methyl group. Both mechanisms are thought to involve a neutral D2 moiety. An adaptive control strategy that employs image-based feedback to guide the learning algorithm results in an enhancement of the D2H+/D3 + ratio by a factor of approximately two. The optimized pulses have secondary structures 110-210 fs after the main pulse and result in photofragments that have different kinetic energy release distributions than those produced from near transform limited pulses. Systematic changes to the linear chirp and higher order dispersion terms of the laser pulse are compared to the results obtained with the optimized pulse shapes.
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- Naoki Iwamoto
- Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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- J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- J.R. Macdonald Laboratory, Department of Physics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506, USA
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- Department of Physics, Augustana University, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57197, USA
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Wu H, Xue Y, Wen J, Wang H, Fan Q, Chen G, Zhu J, Qu F, Guo J. Theoretical and experimental studies on hydrogen migration in dissociative ionization of the methanol monocation to molecular ions H 3 + and H 2O . RSC Adv 2019; 9:16683-16689. [PMID: 35516392 PMCID: PMC9064428 DOI: 10.1039/c9ra02003a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The dissociative ionization processes of the methanol monocation CH3OH+ to H3 + + CHO and H2O+ + CH2 are studied by ab initio method, and hydrogen migration processes are confirmed in these two dissociation processes. Due to the positive charge assignment in dissociation processes, the fragmentation pathways of CH3OH+ to H3 + CHO+ and CH3OH+ to H2O + CH2 + are also calculated. The calculation results show that a neutral H2 moiety in the methanol monocation CH3OH+ is the origin of the formation of H3 +, and the ejection of fragment ions H3 + and H2O+ is more difficult than CHO+ and CH2 + respectively. Experimentally, by using a dc-slice imaging technique under an 800 nm femtosecond laser field, the velocity distributions of fragment ions H3 +, CHO+, CH2 +, and H2O+ are calculated from their corresponding sliced images. The presence of low-velocity components of these four fragment ions confirms that the formation of these ions is not from the Coulomb explosion of the methanol dication. Hence, the four hydrogen migration pathways from the methanol monocation CH3OH+ to H3 + + CHO, CHO+ + H3, H2O+ + CH2, and CH2 + + H2O are securely confirmed. It can be observed in the time-of-flight mass spectrum of ionization and dissociation of methanol that the ion yields of fragment ions H3 + and H2O+ are lower than CHO+ and CH2 + respectively, which is consistent with the theoretical results according to which dissociation from the methanol monocation to H3 + and H2O+ is more difficult than CHO+ and CH2 + respectively.
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- Hua Wu
- School of Sciences, Xi'an Shiyou University Shanxi 710065 P. R. China
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- School of Sciences, Xi'an Shiyou University Shanxi 710065 P. R. China
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- School of Sciences, Xi'an Shiyou University Shanxi 710065 P. R. China
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- School of Sciences, Xi'an Shiyou University Shanxi 710065 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, School of Physics and Materials, East China Normal University Shanghai 200062 P. R. China
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- School of Sciences, Xi'an Shiyou University Shanxi 710065 P. R. China
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- School of Sciences, Xi'an Shiyou University Shanxi 710065 P. R. China
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- School of Sciences, Xi'an Shiyou University Shanxi 710065 P. R. China
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- School of Sciences, Xi'an Shiyou University Shanxi 710065 P. R. China
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Yatsuhashi T, Nakashima N. Multiple ionization and Coulomb explosion of molecules, molecular complexes, clusters and solid surfaces. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY C-PHOTOCHEMISTRY REVIEWS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochemrev.2017.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Nairat M, Lozovoy VV, Dantus M. Order of Magnitude Dissociative Ionization Enhancement Observed for Pulses with High Order Dispersion. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:8529-8536. [PMID: 27744700 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b08659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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While the interaction of atoms in strong fields is well understood, the same cannot be said about molecules. We consider how dissociative ionization of molecules depends on the quality of the femtosecond laser pulses, in particular, the presence of third- and fourth-order dispersion. We find that high-order dispersion (HOD) unexpectedly results in order-of-magnitude enhanced ion yields, along with the factor of 3 greater kinetic energy release compared to transform-limited pulses with equal peak intensities. The magnitude of these effects is not caused by increased pulse duration. We evaluate the role of pulse pedestals produced by HOD and other pulse shaping approaches, for a number of molecules including acetylene, methanol, methylene chloride, acetonitrile, toluene, and o-nitrotoluene, and discuss our findings in terms of processes such as prealignment, preionization, and bond softening. We conclude, based on the quasi-symmetric temporal dependence of the observed enhancements that cascade ionization is likely responsible for the large accumulation of charge prior to the ejection of energetic fragments along the laser polarization axis.
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- Muath Nairat
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
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Wasowicz TJ, Pranszke B. Observation of the Hydrogen Migration in the Cation-Induced Fragmentation of the Pyridine Molecules. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:964-71. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b11298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tomasz J. Wasowicz
- Department
of Physics of Electronic Phenomena, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. G. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Institute
of Experimental Physics, University of Gdańsk, ul. Wita Stwosza 59, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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Yamazaki T, Watanabe Y, Kanya R, Yamanouchi K. Decomposition of cyclohexane ion induced by intense femtosecond laser fields by ion-trap time-of-flight mass spectrometry. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:024313. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4939769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Takao Yamazaki
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
- NANOQUINE, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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