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Wangchingchai P, Karino M, Yamasaki K, Kohguchi H. N-H and N-C Bond Dissociation Pathways in Ultraviolet Photodissociation of Dimethylamine. J Phys Chem A 2024. [PMID: 38442264 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
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We investigated the interlinked N-H and N-C photochemistry of primary and secondary amines via the state-resolved detection of vibrationally excited CH3 product and H atom product by 200-235 nm dimethylamine photodissociation using resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) and velocity map imaging (VMI) techniques. The out-of-plane bending (ν2) vibrationally excited CH3 showed a bimodal translational energy distribution that became unimodal with a near-zero product yield at longer photolysis wavelengths (λphotolysis). In contrast, a unimodal distribution was observed for the C-H stretching (νCH) vibrationally excited CH3 products with an almost constant product yield in the examined λphotolysis region. We ascribed the state-specific energy releases of the CH3 products to two reaction pathways based on calculations of the potential energy surface (PES): the direct N-CH3 dissociation pathway and the indirect N-CH3 dissociation pathway via the N-H bond conical intersection. Meanwhile, the H atom product showed a bimodal energy distribution similar to the ammonia photodissociation model, with an excited-state counterproduct channel that became accessible at a shorter λphotolysis. These results suggest that the N-H and N-C bond dissociations are connected, and these dissociations cause different photochemistry between primary/secondary amines and tertiary amines.
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- Peerapat Wangchingchai
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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Champenois EG, List NH, Ware M, Britton M, Bucksbaum PH, Cheng X, Centurion M, Cryan JP, Forbes R, Gabalski I, Hegazy K, Hoffmann MC, Howard AJ, Ji F, Lin MF, Nunes JPF, Shen X, Yang J, Wang X, Martinez TJ, Wolf TJA. Femtosecond Electronic and Hydrogen Structural Dynamics in Ammonia Imaged with Ultrafast Electron Diffraction. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:143001. [PMID: 37862660 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.143001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 08/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023]
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Directly imaging structural dynamics involving hydrogen atoms by ultrafast diffraction methods is complicated by their low scattering cross sections. Here we demonstrate that megaelectronvolt ultrafast electron diffraction is sufficiently sensitive to follow hydrogen dynamics in isolated molecules. In a study of the photodissociation of gas phase ammonia, we simultaneously observe signatures of the nuclear and corresponding electronic structure changes resulting from the dissociation dynamics in the time-dependent diffraction. Both assignments are confirmed by ab initio simulations of the photochemical dynamics and the resulting diffraction observable. While the temporal resolution of the experiment is insufficient to resolve the dissociation in time, our results represent an important step towards the observation of proton dynamics in real space and time.
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- Elio G Champenois
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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Cachón J, Recio P, Zanchet A, Marggi Poullain S, Bañares L. Photodissociation dynamics of methylamine in the blue edge of the A-band. II. The NH2 + CH3 channel. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:064302. [PMID: 37555612 DOI: 10.1063/5.0159855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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The photodissociation dynamics leading to the C-N bond cleavage in methylamine (CH3NH2) are investigated upon photoexcitation in the blue edge of the first absorption A-band, in the 198-204 nm range. Velocity map images of the generated methyl (CH3) fragment detected in specific vibrational modes, i.e., ν = 0, ν1 = 1, and ν2 = 1, through resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization, are presented along with the corresponding translational energy distributions and the angular analysis. The experimental results are complemented by high-level ab initio calculations of potential energy curves as a function of the C-N bond distance. While a similar single Boltzmann-type contribution is observed in all the translational energy distributions measured, the speed-dependent anisotropy parameter obtained through the angular analysis reveals the presence of two different mechanisms. Prompt dissociation through the conical intersection between the Ã1A' first excited state and the ground state located in the exit channel is, indeed, revealed as a minor channel. In contrast, slow dissociation on the ground state, presumably from frustrated N-H bond cleavage trajectories, constitutes the major reaction pathway leading to the methyl formation.
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- Javier Cachón
- Departamento de Química Física (Unidad Asociada I+D+i al CSIC), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física (Unidad Asociada I+D+i al CSIC), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 123, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física (Unidad Asociada I+D+i al CSIC), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Física (Unidad Asociada I+D+i al CSIC), Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanoscience), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Kotsina N, Jackson SL, Malcomson T, Paterson MJ, Townsend D. Photochemical carbon-sulfur bond cleavage in thioethers mediated via excited state Rydberg-to-valence evolution. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:29423-29436. [PMID: 36453640 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp04789f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Time-resolved photoelectron imaging and supporting ab initio quantum chemistry calculations were used to investigate non-adiabatic excess energy redistribution dynamics operating in the saturated thioethers diethylsulfide, tetrahydrothiophene and thietane. In all cases, 200 nm excitation leads to molecular fragmentation on an ultrafast (<100 fs) timescale, driven by the evolution of Rydberg-to-valence orbital character along the S-C stretching coordinate. The C-S-C bending angle was also found to be a key coordinate driving initial internal conversion through the excited state Rydberg manifold, although only small angular displacements away from the ground state equilibrium geometry are required. Conformational constraints imposed by the cyclic ring structures of tetrahydrothiophene and thietane do not therefore influence dynamical timescales to any significant extent. Through use of a high-intensity 267 nm probe, we were also able to detect the presence of some transient (bi)radical species. These are extremely short lived, but they appear to confirm the presence of two competing excited state fragmentation channels - one proceeding directly from the initially prepared 4p manifold, and one involving non-adiabatic population of the 4s state. This is in addition to a decay pathway leading back to the S0 electronic ground state, which shows an enhanced propensity in the 5-membered ring system tetrahydrothiophene over the other two species investigated.
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- Nikoleta Kotsina
- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.,Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK.
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Han S, Schröder M, Gatti F, Meyer HD, Lauvergnat D, Yarkony DR, Guo H. Representation of Diabatic Potential Energy Matrices for Multiconfiguration Time-Dependent Hartree Treatments of High-Dimensional Nonadiabatic Photodissociation Dynamics. J Chem Theory Comput 2022; 18:4627-4638. [PMID: 35839299 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Conventional quantum mechanical characterization of photodissociation dynamics is restricted by steep scaling laws with respect to the dimensionality of the system. In this work, we examine the applicability of the multi-configurational time-dependent Hartree (MCTDH) method in treating nonadiabatic photodissociation dynamics in two prototypical systems, taking advantage of its favorable scaling laws. To conform to the sum-of-product form, elements of the ab initio diabatic potential energy matrix (DPEM) are re-expressed using the recently proposed Monte Carlo canonical polyadic decomposition method, with enforcement of proper symmetry. The MCTDH absorption spectra and product branching ratios are shown to compare well with those calculated using conventional grid-based methods, demonstrating its promise for treating high-dimensional nonadiabatic photodissociation problems.
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- Shanyu Han
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- ISMO, Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay─UMR 8214 CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch Chemisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls Universität Heidelberg, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Physique UMR8000, Orsay 91405, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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Travnikova O, Kukk E, Hosseini F, Granroth S, Itälä E, Marchenko T, Guillemin R, Ismail I, Moussaoui R, Journel L, Bozek J, Püttner R, Krasnov P, Kimberg V, Gel'mukhanov F, Piancastelli MN, Simon M. Ultrafast dissociation of ammonia: Auger Doppler effect and redistribution of the internal energy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:5842-5854. [PMID: 35195639 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05499f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We study vibrationally-resolved resonant Auger (RAS) spectra of ammonia recorded in coincidence with the NH2+ fragment, which is produced in the course of dissociation either in the core-excited 1s-14a11 intermediate state or the first spectator 3a-24a11 final state. Correlation of the NH2+ ion flight times with electron kinetic energies allows directly observing the Auger-Doppler dispersion for each vibrational state of the fragment. The median distribution of the kinetic energy release EKER, derived from the coincidence data, shows three distinct branches as a function of Auger electron kinetic energy Ee: Ee + 1.75EKER = const for the molecular band; EKER = const for the fragment band; and Ee + EKER = const for the region preceding the fragment band. The deviation of the molecular band dispersion from Ee + EKER = const is attributed to the redistribution of the available energy to the dissociation energy and excitation of the internal degrees of freedom in the molecular fragment. We found that for each vibrational line the dispersive behavior of EKERvs. Ee is very sensitive to the instrumental uncertainty in the determination of EKER causing the competition between the Raman (EKER + Ee = const) and Auger (Ee = const) dispersions: increase in the broadening of the finite kinetic energy release resolution leads to a change of the dispersion from the Raman to the Auger one.
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- Oksana Travnikova
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France. .,Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, F-91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.,International Research Center of Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry - IRC SQC, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.,International Research Center of Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry - IRC SQC, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry and Biology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden.,International Research Center of Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemistry - IRC SQC, Siberian Federal University, 660041 Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Institute for Methods and Instrumentation in Synchrotron Radiation Research FG-ISRR, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France. .,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, UMR 7614, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, F-75005 Paris, France.
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Paterson MJ, Townsend D. Rydberg-to-valence evolution in excited state molecular dynamics. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2020.1815389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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Svoboda V, Wang C, Waters MDJ, Wörner HJ. Electronic and vibrational relaxation dynamics of NH3 Rydberg states probed by vacuum-ultraviolet time-resolved photoelectron imaging. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:104306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5116707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Vít Svoboda
- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Onitsuka Y, Kadowaki Y, Tamakubo A, Yamasaki K, Kohguchi H. Energy dependence of photodissociation dynamics of trimethylamine over the S2 and S1 excited states. Chem Phys Lett 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2018.11.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Onitsuka Y, Yamasaki K, Goto H, Kohguchi H. Detection of the Excited-State NH2 (Ã 2A1) in the Ultraviolet Photodissociation of Methylamine. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:8584-8589. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b08674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuuki Onitsuka
- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry,
Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Kagamiyama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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Smith AD, Watts HM, Jager E, Horke DA, Springate E, Alexander O, Cacho C, Chapman RT, Minns RS. Resonant multiphoton ionisation probe of the photodissociation dynamics of ammonia. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:28150-28156. [PMID: 27722319 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp05279g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The dissociation dynamics of the Ã-state of ammonia have been studied using a resonant multiphoton ionisation probe in a photoelectron spectroscopy experiment. The use of a resonant intermediate in the multiphoton ionisation process changes the ionisation propensity, allowing access to different ion states when compared with equivalent single photon ionisation experiments. Ionisation through the E' 1A1' Rydberg intermediate means we maintain overlap with the ion state for an extended period, allowing us to monitor the excited state population for several hundred femtoseconds. The vibrational states in the photoelectron spectrum show two distinct timescales, 200 fs and 320 fs, that we assign to the non-adiabatic and adiabatic dissociation processes respectively. The different timescales derive from differences in the wavepacket trajectories for the two dissociation pathways that resonantly excite different vibrational states in the intermediate Rydberg state. The timescales are similar to those obtained from time resolved ion kinetic energy release measurements, suggesting we can measure the different trajectories taken out to the region of conical intersection.
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- Adam D Smith
- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY, Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK
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- Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiaolei Zhu
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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Klein LB, Thompson JOF, Crane SW, Saalbach L, Sølling TI, Paterson MJ, Townsend D. Ultrafast relaxation dynamics of electronically excited piperidine: ionization signatures of Rydberg/valence evolution. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:25070-25079. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04494h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy reveals distinct ionization signatures of Rydberg-to-valence state evolution in the secondary aliphatic amine piperidine.
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- Liv B. Klein
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Copenhagen
- DK-2100 Copenhagen
- Denmark
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Copenhagen
- DK-2100 Copenhagen
- Denmark
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
- Institute of Chemical Sciences
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This Perspective addresses the use of coupled diabatic potential energy surfaces (PESs) together with rigorous quantum dynamics in full or reduced dimensional coordinate spaces to obtain accurate solutions to problems in nonadiabatic dynamics.
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- Hua Guo
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- University of New Mexico
- Albuquerque
- USA
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Xie C, Zhu X, Ma J, Yarkony DR, Xie D, Guo H. Communication: On the competition between adiabatic and nonadiabatic dynamics in vibrationally mediated ammonia photodissociation in its A band. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:091101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4913633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Changjian Xie
- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry,
Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093,
China
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065,
China
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry
and Chemical Engineering, Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry,
Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093,
China
- Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and
Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
87131, USA
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Zawadzki MM, Thompson JOF, Burgess EA, Paterson MJ, Townsend D. Time-resolved photoionization spectroscopy of mixed Rydberg-valence states: indole case study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:26659-69. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04645a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Time-resolved photoelectron imaging reveals subtle new mechanistic insight into the ultraviolet relaxation dynamics of gas-phase indole.
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
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- Institute of Photonics & Quantum Sciences
- Heriot-Watt University
- Edinburgh
- UK
- Institute of Chemical Sciences
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Yu H, Evans NL, Chatterley AS, Roberts GM, Stavros VG, Ullrich S. Tunneling Dynamics of the NH3 (Ã) State Observed by Time-Resolved Photoelectron and H Atom Kinetic Energy Spectroscopies. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:9438-44. [DOI: 10.1021/jp507201a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Hui Yu
- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Library Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Library Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Library Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Physics and Astronomy, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, United States
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Xie C, Ma J, Zhu X, Zhang DH, Yarkony DR, Xie D, Guo H. Full-Dimensional Quantum State-to-State Nonadiabatic Dynamics for Photodissociation of Ammonia in its A-Band. J Phys Chem Lett 2014; 5:1055-1060. [PMID: 26274448 DOI: 10.1021/jz500227d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Changjian Xie
- †Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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- ‡Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Clark Hall 101, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
- §Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, China
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- ∥Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- ⊥State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Center for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China
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- ∥Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- †Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
- #Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- ‡Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Clark Hall 101, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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