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Fuji T, Suzuki YI, Horio T, Suzuki T. Excited-state dynamics of CS2 studied by photoelectron imaging with a time resolution of 22 fs. Chem Asian J 2011; 6:3028-34. [PMID: 21997902 PMCID: PMC3263315 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201100458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The ultrafast dynamics of CS(2) in the (1)B(2)((1)Σ(u)(+)) state was studied by photoelectron imaging with a time resolution of 22 fs. The photoelectron signal intensity exhibited clear vibrational quantum beats due to wave packet motion. The signal intensity decayed with a lifetime of about 400 fs. This decay was preceded by a lag of around 30 fs, which was considered to correspond to the time for a vibrational wave packet to propagate from the Franck-Condon region to the region where predissociation occurred. The photoelectron angular distribution remained constant when the pump-probe delay time was varied. Consequently, variation of the electronic character caused by the vibrational wave packet motion was not identified within the accuracy of our measurements.
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- Takao Fuji
- CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan
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Das A, Poliakoff ED, Lucchese RR, Bozek JD. Mode-specific photoionization dynamics of a simple asymmetric target: OCS. J Chem Phys 2009; 130:044302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3062806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Meyer M, O'keeffe P, Plenge J, Flesch R, Rühl E. Radiative relaxation and fragmentation dynamics of S 2p-excited hydrogen sulfide. J Chem Phys 2006; 125:214306. [PMID: 17166020 DOI: 10.1063/1.2400234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Radiative relaxation of S 2p-excited hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S) is investigated by dispersed ultraviolet and visible fluorescence spectroscopies. We observe distinct changes in the fluorescence spectra as a function of excitation energy. Excitation to Rydberg states below the S 2p ionization threshold yields intense fluorescence from neutral and ionic atomic fragments (H, S(+), and S(2+)). In addition to the atomic emission, fluorescence of the molecular fragment ion HS(+) is preferably found after excitation of the S 2p electron into the unoccupied 6a(1) and 3b(2) orbitals with sigma(*) character. This is interpreted as evidence for ultrafast dissociation of the core-excited molecule prior to electronic relaxation. The rotationally resolved fluorescence spectra of the A (3)Pi-->X (3)Sigma(-) transition are analyzed in terms of the fragmentation dynamics leading to the formation of the excited molecular fragment ion, where changes in bond angle are discussed in terms of the rotational population.
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- M Meyer
- LURE, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 209D, F-91898 Orsay Cedex, France
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Stener M, Fronzoni G, Decleva P. Time-dependent density-functional theory for molecular photoionization with noniterative algorithm and multicenter B-spline basis set: CS2 and C6H6 case studies. J Chem Phys 2005; 122:234301. [PMID: 16008435 DOI: 10.1063/1.1937367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In this work a new direct (noniterative) algorithm to solve the time-dependent density-functional theory equations for molecular photoionization has been proposed and implemented, using a multicentric basis set expansion of B-spline functions and complete exploiting of the molecular point-group symmetry. The method has been applied to study the photoionization dynamics of CS2 and C6H6: the results confirmed the expectation of large screening effects in CS2. For C6H6 the screening effects have been found to play a minor role than in CS2, however, also in this case the quality of the final results is definitely improved. The method has proven suitable to study with confidence molecules of medium size, and there is still room for further improvement working on more elaborate treatment of the exchange-correlation functional.
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- M Stener
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Trieste, Via L. Giorgieri 1, I-34127 Trieste, Italy.
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Bellm SM, Davies JA, Whiteside PT, Guo J, Powis I, Reid KL. An unusual π* shape resonance in the near-threshold photoionization of S1 para-difluorobenzene. J Chem Phys 2005; 122:224306. [PMID: 15974667 DOI: 10.1063/1.1927523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Previously reported dramatic changes in photoelectron angular distributions (PADs) as a function of photoelectron kinetic energy following the ionization of S1 p-difluorobenzene are shown to be explained by a shape resonance in the b(2g) symmetry continuum. The characteristics of this resonance are clearly demonstrated by a theoretical multiple-scattering treatment of the photoionization dynamics. New experimental data are presented which demonstrate an apparent insensitivity of the PADs to both vibrational motion and prepared molecular alignment, however, the calculations suggest that strong alignment effects may nevertheless be recognized in the detail of the comparison with experimental data. The apparent, but unexpected, indifference to vibrational excitation is rationalized by considering the nature of the resonance. The correlation of this shape resonance in the continuum with a virtual pi* antibonding orbital is considered. Because this orbital is characteristic of the benzene ring, the existence of similar resonances in related substituted benzenes is discussed.
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- Susan M Bellm
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Rathbone GJ, Poliakoff ED, Bozek JD, Lucchese RR. Electronically forbidden (5σu→kσu) photoionization of CS2: Mode-specific electronic-vibrational coupling. J Chem Phys 2005; 122:064308. [PMID: 15740373 DOI: 10.1063/1.1850474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Vibrationally resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of the CS(2) (+)(B (2)Sigma(u) (+)) state is used to show how nontotally symmetric vibrations "activate" a forbidden electronic transition in the photoionization continuum, specifically, a 5sigma(u)-->ksigma(u) shape resonance, that would be inaccessible in the absence of a symmetry breaking vibration. This electronic channel is forbidden owing to inversion symmetry selection rules, but it can be accessed when a nonsymmetric vibration is excited, such as bending or antisymmetric stretching. Photoelectron spectra are acquired for photon energies 17</=hnu</=72 eV, and it is observed that the forbidden vibrational transitions are selectively enhanced in the region of a symmetry-forbidden continuum shape resonance centered at hnu approximately 42 eV. Schwinger variational calculations are performed to analyze the data, and the theoretical analysis demonstrates that the observed forbidden transitions are due to photoelectron-mediated vibronic coupling, rather than interchannel Herzberg-Teller mixing. We observe and explain the counterintuitive result that some vibrational branching ratios vary strongly with energy in the region of the resonance, even though the resonance position and width are not appreciably influenced by geometry changes that correspond to the affected vibrations. In addition, we find that another resonant channel, 5sigma(u)-->kpi(g), influences the symmetric stretch branching ratio. All of the observed effects can be understood within the framework of the Chase adiabatic approximation, i.e., the Born-Oppenheimer approximation applied to photoionization.
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- G J Rathbone
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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Rathbone GJ, Poliakoff ED, Bozek JD, Lucchese RR. Intrachannel vibronic coupling in molecular photoionization. CAN J CHEM 2004. [DOI: 10.1139/v04-079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We discuss the excitation of forbidden vibrational transitions accompanying photoionization of linear triatomic molecules. Excitation of a single quantum of the antisymmetric stretching vibration is observed for mole cules with inversion symmetry, as is the bending mode. Photoelectron spectra of the N2O+(A2Π), CO2+(C2Σg+), and CS2+(B2Σu+) states obtained over a range of ionization energies exhibit contrasting behavior for the relative intensities of the forbidden vibrations. These energy-dependent vibrational branching ratios are shown to result from an intrachannel vibronic coupling mechanism. Moreover, this intrachannel coupling can be further divided into two cases, one in which the photoionization cross section is sensitive to geometry changes, and a second case in which it is not. These different cases can be distinguished by comparing the experimental and theoretical results for all three molecules.Key words: photoelectron spectroscopy, vibronic coupling, photoionization.PACS Nos.: 33.60.Cv, 33.20.Ni, 33.20.Wr, 33.80.Eh
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Rathbone GJ, Poliakoff ED, Bozek JD, Lucchese RR, Lin P. Mode-specific photoelectron scattering effects on CO2+(C 2Σg+) vibrations. J Chem Phys 2004; 120:612-22. [PMID: 15267895 DOI: 10.1063/1.1630303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Using high-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy, we have determined the energy dependent vibrational branching ratios for the symmetric stretch [v+ = (100)], bend [v+ = (010)], and antisymmetric stretch [v+ = (001)], as well as several overtones and combination bands in the 4sigmag(-1) photoionization of CO2. Data were acquired over the range from 20-110 eV, and this wide spectral coverage highlighted that alternative vibrational modes exhibit contrasting behavior, even over a range usually considered to be dominated by atomic effects. Alternative vibrational modes exhibit qualitatively distinct energy dependences, and this contrasting mode-specific behavior underscores the point that vibrationally resolved measurements reflect the sensitivity of the electron scattering dynamics to well-defined changes in molecular geometry. In particular, such energy-dependent studies help to elucidate the mechanism(s) responsible for populating the symmetry forbidden vibrational levels [i.e., v+ =( 010), (001), (030), and (110)]. This is the first study in which vibrationally resolved data have been acquired as a function of energy for all of the vibrational modes of a polyatomic system. Theoretical Schwinger variational calculations are used to interpret the experimental data, and they indicate that a 4sigmag-->ksigmau shape resonance is responsible for most of the excursions observed for the vibrational branching ratios. Generally, the energy dependent trends are reproduced well by theory, but a notable exception is the symmetric stretch vibrational branching ratio. The calculated results display a strong peak in the vibrational branching ratio while the experimental data show a pronounced minimum. This suggests an interference mechanism that is not accounted for in the single-channel adiabatic-nuclei calculations. Electronic branching ratios were also measured and compared to the vibrational branching ratios to assess the relative contributions of interchannel (i.e., Herzberg-Teller) versus intrachannel (i.e., photoelectron-mediated) coupling.
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- G J Rathbone
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA
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Bellm SM, Reid KL. Reevaluation of the use of photoelectron angular distributions as a probe of dynamical processes: strong dependence of such distributions from s1 paradifluorobenzene on photoelectron kinetic energy. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2003; 91:263002. [PMID: 14754048 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.91.263002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2003] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Photoelectron angular distributions (PADs) have been measured following the excitation of the S1 origin band in paradifluorobenzene using a range of ionizing wavelengths and for resolved ion vibrational states. The PADs show a dramatic sensitivity to the photoelectron kinetic energy over an energy range of at least 1 eV from threshold, and almost no sensitivity to any prepared intermediate state alignment. This has important consequences for those studies of intramolecular dynamics that use PADs. We suggest that the observed behavior is caused by a shape resonance in the continuum.
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- Susan M Bellm
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Miller JS, Poliakoff ED, Miller TF, Natalense APP, Lucchese RR. Excitation of the symmetry forbidden bending mode in molecular photoionization. J Chem Phys 2001. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1349090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Miller JS, Poliakoff ED. On the correlation between photoelectron energy and bending excitation in molecular photoionization. J Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1063/1.481869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Karawajczyk A, Erman P, Rachlew E, Stankiewicz M, Yoshiki Franzén K. Quasi-discrete resonances observed in photoionization to the A2Πu state of the CS2+ molecule. Chem Phys Lett 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(98)00078-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Poliakoff ED, Choi HC, Rao RM, Mihill AG, Kakar S, Wang K, McKoy V. Photoion rotational distributions from near‐threshold to deep in the continuum. J Chem Phys 1995. [DOI: 10.1063/1.469751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Stratmann RE, Lucchese RR. Vibrationally resolved cross sections for the photoionization of CS2. J Chem Phys 1994. [DOI: 10.1063/1.467986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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