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Sabzyan H, Noorisafa Z, Keshavarz E. Ground and excited states of the diatomic dianion Cl2(2-). SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2014; 117:95-101. [PMID: 23988524 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2013.07.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2013] [Revised: 07/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The QCISD(T)/aug-cc-pVQZ and CIS/aug-cc-pVQZ calculations have been carried out to obtain potential energy curves (PECs) of the Cl2(2-) diatomic dianion in order to address possibility of its formation in the merged beam fragmentation of Cl2(-) questioned based on the observation of the Cl(-)+Cl+e(-) channel. Results show that two of the excited states, namely A(1)Σg and a(3)Σg are metastable with PECs having wells deep enough to suite several bound states, with minima located at Re=2.8280 Å and Re=2.5972 Å, and Coulomb barriers of 1648.288 and 1403.835 cm(-1) heights located at 4.0320 and 3.6130 Å, respectively. Transition probabilities and tunneling predissociation lifetimes corresponding to these metastable states are also calculated and analyzed. Ground state X(1)Σg and excited states B(1)Σu, C(1)Πg and D(1)Πu calculated for this dianion are all repulsive. Calculated Franck-Condon factors suggest that Cl2(2-) can be produced in its excited states via an electron impact process initiating from the ground states of Cl2 and Cl2(-) .
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- Hassan Sabzyan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Isfahan, Isfahan 81746-73441, Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Sabzyan H, Keshavarz E, Noorisafa Z. Diatomic dications and dianions. JOURNAL OF THE IRANIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s13738-013-0359-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Xue-Bin Wang
- Department of Physics, Washington State University, Richland, Washington 99354, and Chemical and Materials Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352;
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- Department of Physics, Washington State University, Richland, Washington 99354, and Chemical and Materials Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352;
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Franzreb K, Sommerfeld T, Williams P. Small gas-phase dianions of Zn3O42−, Zn4O52−, CuZn2O42−, Si2GeO62−, Ti2O52−and Ti3O72−. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2007; 9:846-52. [PMID: 17287878 DOI: 10.1039/b615088h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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We have searched for new species of small oxygen-containing gas-phase dianions produced in a secondary ion mass spectrometer by Cs+ ion bombardment of solid samples with simultaneous exposure of their surfaces to O2 gas. The targets were a pure zinc metal foil, a copper-contaminated zinc-based coin, two silicon-germanium samples (Si(1-x)Ge(x)(with x= 6.5% or 27%)) and a piece of titanium metal. The novel dianions Zn3O(4)(2-), Zn4O(5)(2-), CuZn2O(4)(2-), Si2GeO(6)(2-), Ti2O(5)(2-) and Ti3O(7)(2-) have been observed at half-integer m/z values in the negative ion mass spectra. The heptamer dianions Zn3O(4)(2-) and Ti2O(5)(2-) have been unambiguously identified by their isotopic abundances. Their flight times through the mass spectrometer are approximately 20 micros and approximately 17 micros, respectively. The geometrical structures of the two heptamer dianions Ti2O(5)(2-), and Zn3O(4)(2-) are investigated using ab initio methods, and the identified isomers are compared to those of the novel Ge2O(5)(2-) and the known Si2O(5)(2-) and Be3O(4)(2-) dianions.
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- Klaus Franzreb
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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Chen MD, Li XB, Yang J, Zhang QE, Au CT. A Density Functional Study on Beryllium-Doped Carbon Dianion Clusters CnBe2- (n = 4−14). J Phys Chem A 2006; 110:4502-8. [PMID: 16571056 DOI: 10.1021/jp054830g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Making use of the software of molecular graphics, we designed numerous models of C(n)()Be(2-) (n = 4-14). We carried out geometry optimization and calculation on vibration frequency by means of the B3LYP density functional method. After comparison of structure stability, we found that the ground-state isomers of C(n)()Be(2-) (n = 4-14) are linear with the beryllium atom located inside the C(n)() chain. When a side carbon chain is with an even number of carbon atoms, it is polyacetylene-like, whereas when a side chain is with an odd number of carbon atoms, it is cumulene-like. The C(n)Be(2-) (n = 4-14) clusters with an even number of carbon atoms are more stable than that with an odd number of carbon atoms, matching the peak pattern observed in accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) and Coulomb Explosion Imaging (CEI) investigations of C(n)()Be(2-) (n = 4-14). The trend of such odd/even alternation is explained based on concepts of bonding characteristics, electronic configuration, electron detachment, and incremental binding energy.
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- M D Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Department of Chemistry, Center for Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China
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Ehrler OT, Furche F, Weber JM, Kappes MM. Photoelectron spectroscopy of fullerene dianions C762−, C782−, and C842−. J Chem Phys 2005; 122:094321. [PMID: 15836142 DOI: 10.1063/1.1859272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We report laser photoelectron spectra of the doubly negatively charged fullerenes C(76) (2-), C(78) (2-), and C(84) (2-) at 2.33, 3.49, and 4.66 eV photon energy. From these spectra, second electron affinities and vertical detachment energies, as well as estimates for the repulsive Coulomb barriers are obtained. These results are discussed in the context of electrostatic models. They reveal that fullerenes are similar to conducting spheres, with electronic properties scaling with their size. The experimental spectra are compared with the accessible excited states of the respective singly charged product ions calculated in the framework of time dependent density functional theory.
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- Oli T Ehrler
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Karlsruhe, Kaiserstrasse 12, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Feuerbacher S, Cederbaum LS. Influence of delocalization on the stability of dianions: study of a systematic series of dianions with growing electronic localization. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:9531-7. [PMID: 12889984 DOI: 10.1021/ja035878f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The electronic stability of a dianion is influenced by the degree of delocalization of its electrons, but it is generally not possible to separate this influence from other effects. Here, we investigate by theoretical means the sequence of dianions consisting of phen-1,4-ylenbis(ethynide) and seven of its derivatives obtained by hydrogenating the benzene core in several steps. These dianions are structurally similar and mainly differ by the degree of delocalization of their electrons. We present geometries and electron detachment energies computed at a correlated level of theory. The results point to a classification of the eight dianions in three distinct groups of electronic stability. We are able to explain this grouping by a simple resonance structure picture, which demonstrates why the dianions with more delocalized electrons are less stable.
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- Sven Feuerbacher
- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Gnaser H, Dreuw A, Cederbaum LS. Discovery of a new class of stable gas-phase dianions: Mixed oxygen–carbon cluster OCn2− (n=5–19). J Chem Phys 2002. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1506908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Dreuw A, Zint N, Cederbaum LS. Dianionic tetraborates do exist as stable entities. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:10903-10. [PMID: 12207546 DOI: 10.1021/ja020682l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To date, B(6)H(6)(2-) and some of its derivatives are the smallest members of the closo-borates that have been synthesized and analyzed in condensed phases. In contrast, no stable dianionic tetraborate has yet been observed, either in solution or solids or in the gas phase. In this work, the gas-phase stability of dianionic tetraborates B(4)X(4)(2-) (X = H, CN, NC, or BO) is investigated with ab initio methods. For this objective, the geometries of the dianions are optimized, the electronic stability is tested, and various fragmentation channels are studied. In agreement with previous examinations, tetrahedral isomers of all examined tetraborates have been found to represent geometrically stable isomers and to exhibit a triplet electronic ground state. However, these isomers are electronically unstable, i.e., their additional electrons are not bound. Furthermore, new D(2)(d)()-symmetric isomers of B(4)X(4)(2-) (X = H, CN, NC, or BO) have been identified that have a closed-shell singlet ground state and are lower in energy than their tetrahedral counterparts. Moreover, B(4)(CN)(4)(2-) and B(4)(BO)(4)(2-) represent stable gas-phase dianions and are predicted to be observable in suitable experiments. The electronic properties and geometries of these dianions are discussed in detail and explained in terms of the electrostatic repulsion of the excess electrons and the aromaticity of the dianions.
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- Andreas Dreuw
- Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1470, USA.
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Zint N, Dreuw A, Cederbaum LS. Gas-phase stability of derivatives of the closo-hexaborate dianion B(6)H(6)(2-). J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:4910-7. [PMID: 11971742 DOI: 10.1021/ja012681j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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B(6)H(6)(2-) does not represent a stable gas-phase dianion, but emits spontaneously one of its excess electrons in the gas phase. In this work we address the question whether small stable gas-phase dianions can be constructed from the parent B(6)H(6)(2-) dianion by substitution of the hydrogens with appropriate ligands. Various hexa-, tetra-, and disubstituted derivatives B(6)L(6)(2-), B(6)H(2)L(4)(2-), and B(6)H(4)L(2)(2-) (L = F, Cl, CN, NC, or BO) are investigated with ab initio methods in detail. Four stable hexasubstituted B(6)L(6)(2-) (L = Cl, CN, NC, or BO) and three stable B(6)H(2)L(4)(2-) (L = CN, NC, or BO) gas-phase dianions could be identified and predicted to be observable in the gas phase. The trends in the electron-detachment energies depending on various ligands are discussed and understood in the underlying electrostatic pattern and the electronegativities of the involved elements.
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- N Zint
- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Dreuw A, Sommerfeld T, Cederbaum LS. Short- and long-lived electronic states of BF−. J Chem Phys 2002. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1460868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Feuerbacher S, Dreuw A, Cederbaum LS. Cyclic carbon cluster dianions and their aromaticity. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:3163-8. [PMID: 11902905 DOI: 10.1021/ja0123002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cyclic carbon cluster dianions (CC(2))(2-)(n)(n = 3-6) are investigated by ab initio methods with regard to their geometric properties, electronic stability, and aromaticity. The unique wheel-like structures of these dianions consist of a n-membered carbon ring, where a C(2) unit is attached to each carbon atom. All investigated dianions represent stable gas-phase dianions. While the smallest member of this family (CC(2))(2-)(3) is clearly aromatic, the aromatic character decreases rapidly with increasing ring size. The geometries and the aromaticity of the cyclic clusters (CC(2))(2-)(n)(n = 3-6) can be nicely explained using resonance structure arguments.
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- Sven Feuerbacher
- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Isolated dianions of cyclooctatetraene and cyclobutadiene are, despite their aromatic character, unstable with respect to electron loss. Here we present the first ab initio study of the autodetachment lifetimes of several "aromatic" dianions. In particular, we investigate whether aromatic pi systems are associated with an enhanced stability with respect to electron loss and whether cross-conjugated (Y-aromatic) hydrocarbon dianions possess longer lifetimes than their linear-conjugated isomers. Moreover, our results are compared with bound state calculations for these metastable dianions, allowing us to analyze the validity of the latter approach. All considered, hydrocarbon dianions are found to possess surprisingly short autodetachment lifetimes on the order of a few femtoseconds, and therefore only electron scattering techniques seem to be capable of observing these species in the gas phase. The trends of the computed energies and lifetimes are best understood in terms of the mutual Coulomb repulsion of the extra charges. Small gas phase dianions can only be stable if the excess electrons can localize at least at two subgroups of high local electron affinity. Adding both extra electrons into one delocalized pi system leads to a very unstable species, and thus especially those structures associated with pronounced aromaticity are found to show high energies and short lifetimes.
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- Thomas Sommerfeld
- Theoretische Chemie, Universität Heidelberg Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Andreas Dreuw
- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Dreuw A, Cederbaum LS. Electron Emission from N(BF3)43- Hindered by a Sphere of Negative Charges. J Phys Chem A 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/jp011764j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A. Dreuw
- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Theoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Simons J, Skurski P, Barrios R. Repulsive Coulomb Barriers in Compact Stable and Metastable Multiply Charged Anions. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja001936a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jack Simons
- Contribution from the Chemistry Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Contribution from the Chemistry Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Contribution from the Chemistry Department, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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- Thomas Sommerfeld
- Theoretische Chemie, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Wang XB, Nicholas JB, Wang LS. Intramolecular Coulomb repulsion and anisotropies of the repulsive Coulomb barrier in multiply charged anions. J Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1063/1.481842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Dreuw A, Cederbaum LS. Tunnelling lifetimes of metastable and binding properties of stable covalent BeCn2− (n=4,6) dianions. J Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1063/1.481340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Skurski P, Simons J, Wang XB, Wang LS. Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of the Stability of Two Small Gaseous Dicarboxylate Dianions: Acetylene Dicarboxylate and Succinate. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja000371f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Piotr Skurski
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, Department of Physics, Washington State University, 2710 University Drive, Richland, Washington 99352, and W. R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MS K8-88, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, Department of Physics, Washington State University, 2710 University Drive, Richland, Washington 99352, and W. R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MS K8-88, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, Department of Physics, Washington State University, 2710 University Drive, Richland, Washington 99352, and W. R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MS K8-88, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, Department of Physics, Washington State University, 2710 University Drive, Richland, Washington 99352, and W. R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, MS K8-88, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352
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Wang LS, Wang XB. Probing Free Multiply Charged Anions Using Photodetachment Photoelectron Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/jp9940093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lai-Sheng Wang
- Department of Physics, Washington State University, 2710 University Drive, Richland, Washington 99352, and W. R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, MS K8-88, P.O. Box 999, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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- Department of Physics, Washington State University, 2710 University Drive, Richland, Washington 99352, and W. R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, MS K8-88, P.O. Box 999, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352
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Ding CF, Wang XB, Wang LS. Photodetachment photoelectron spectroscopy of doubly charged anions: S2O82−. J Chem Phys 1999. [DOI: 10.1063/1.478251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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