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García-Vázquez RM, Bergeat A, Denis-Alpizar O, Faure A, Stoecklin T, Morales SB. Scattering resonances in the rotational excitation of HDO by Ne and normal-H 2: theory and experiment. Faraday Discuss 2024; 251:205-224. [PMID: 38770695 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00168g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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The rotational excitation of a singly deuterated water molecule (HDO) by a heavy atom (Ne) and a light diatomic molecule (H2) is investigated theoretically and experimentally in the near-threshold regime. Crossed-molecular-beam measurements with a variable crossing angle are compared to close-coupling calculations based on high-accuracy potential energy surfaces. The two lowest rotational transitions, 000 → 101 and 000 → 111, are probed in detail and a good agreement between theory and experiment is observed for both transitions in the case of HDO + Ne, where scattering resonances are however blurred out experimentally. In the case of HDO + H2, the predicted theoretical overlapping resonances are faithfully reproduced by experiment for the 000 → 111 transition, while the calculated strong signal for the 000 → 101 transition is not detected. Future work is needed to reconcile this discrepancy.
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- Grupo de Investigación en Física Aplicada, Instituto de Ciencias Aplicadas, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, 7500912 Santiago, Chile
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Yu Y, Yang D, Zhou Y, Xie D. A New Full-Dimensional Ab Initio Intermolecular Potential Energy Surface and Rovibrational Energies of the H 2O-H 2 Complex. J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:170-181. [PMID: 38109882 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c06805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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H2O-H2 is a prototypical five-atom van der Waals system, and the interaction between H2O and H2 plays an important role in many physical and chemical environments. However, previous full-dimensional intermolecular potential energy surfaces (IPESs) cannot accurately describe the H2O-H2 interaction in the repulsive or van der Waals minimum region. In this work, we constructed a full-dimensional IPES for the title system with a small root-mean-square error of 0.252 cm-1 by using the permutation invariant polynomial neural network method. The ab initio calculations were performed by employing the explicitly corrected coupled cluster [CCSD(T)-F12a] method with the augmented correlation-consistent polarized valence quintuple-ζ basis set. Based on the newly developed IPES, the bound states of the H2O-H2 complex were calculated within the rigid-rotor approximation. The transition frequencies and band origins agreed well with the experimental values [Weida, M. J.; Nesbitt, D. J. J. Chem. Phys. 1999, 110, 156-167] with errors less than 0.1 cm-1 for most transitions. Those results demonstrate the high accuracy of our new IPES, which would build a solid foundation for the collisional dynamics of H2O-H2 at low temperatures.
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- Yipeng Yu
- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, 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 210023, China
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China
- Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China
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Ceccarelli C. Spiers Memorial Lecture: Astrochemistry at high resolution. Faraday Discuss 2023; 245:11-51. [PMID: 37403476 PMCID: PMC10510039 DOI: 10.1039/d3fd00106g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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Astrochemistry is the science that studies the chemistry in the Universe, namely the combination of two fields: astronomy and chemistry. It started about fifty years ago and it has progressed in leaps and bounds, often triggered by the advent of new telescopes. From the collection of new interstellar molecule detections, astrochemistry has evolved more and more in the quest to understand how they are formed and thrive in the harsh conditions of the interstellar medium. Collaboration between astronomers and chemists has never been more necessary than today, when new powerful astronomical facilities provide us with ever sharper images of the regions where interstellar molecules are present. This review focuses on the special case of interstellar complex organic molecules (iCOMs), one the most debated astrochemical fields and where the astronomers-chemists collaboration and synergy is indispensable. The review will go through the various phases of the formation of planetary system similar to the solar system, providing the most recent observational picture at each step. The current scenarios of the iCOMs formation will be laid down and the critical chemical processes and quantities involved in each of them will be discussed. The major goal of this review is not only to present the progress but, more importantly, to highlight the many areas of uncertainty. A few specific cases will be discussed to give practical examples of why the huge challenge that represents the formation of iCOMs can only be won if chemists and astronomers work together.
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Bergeat A, Faure A, Wiesenfeld L, Miossec C, Morales SB, Naulin C. Near-Threshold and Resonance Effects in Rotationally Inelastic Scattering of D 2O with Normal-H 2. Molecules 2022; 27:7535. [PMID: 36364356 PMCID: PMC9658931 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2022] [Revised: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2023] Open
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We present a combined experimental and theoretical study on the rotationally inelastic scattering of heavy water, D2O, with normal-H2. Crossed-molecular beam measurements are performed in the collision energy range between 10 and 100 cm-1, corresponding to the near-threshold regime in which scattering resonances are most pronounced. State-to-state excitation cross-sections are obtained by probing three low-lying rotational levels of D2O using the REMPI technique. These measurements are complemented by quantum close-coupling scattering calculations based on a high-accuracy D2O-H2 interaction potential. The agreement between experiment and theory is within the experimental error bars at 95% confidence intervals, leading to a relative difference of less than 7%: the near-threshold rise and the overall shape of the cross-sections, including small undulations due to resonances, are nicely reproduced by the calculations. Isotopic effects (D2O versus H2O) are also discussed by comparing the shape and magnitude of the respective cross-sections.
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- Astrid Bergeat
- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Laboratoire Aimé-Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Bât 505, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France
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Bergeat A, Morales SB, Naulin C, Wiesenfeld L, Faure A. Probing Low-Energy Resonances in Water-Hydrogen Inelastic Collisions. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:143402. [PMID: 33064550 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.143402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Molecular scattering at collisional energies of the order of 10-100 cm^{-1} (corresponding to kinetic temperatures in the 15-150 K range) provides insight into the details of the scattering process and, in particular, of the various resonances that appear in inelastic cross sections. In this Letter, we present a detailed experimental and theoretical study of the rotationally inelastic scattering of ground-state ortho-D_{2}O by ground-state para-H_{2} in the threshold region of the D_{2}O(0_{00}→2_{02}) transition at 35.9 cm^{-1}. The measurements were performed with a molecular crossed beam apparatus with variable collision angle, thence with variable collisional energy. Calculations were carried out with the coupled-channel method combined with a dedicated high-level D_{2}O-H_{2} intermolecular potential. Our theoretical cross section 0_{00}→2_{02} is found to display several resonance peaks in perfect agreement with the experimental work, in their absolute positions and relative intensities. We show that those peaks are mostly due to shape resonances, characterized here for the first time for a polyatomic molecule colliding with a diatom.
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- A Bergeat
- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR5255, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR5255, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR5255, F-33405 Talence, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IPAG, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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Gao Z, Loreau J, van der Avoird A, van de Meerakker SYT. Direct observation of product-pair correlations in rotationally inelastic collisions of ND 3 with D 2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:14033-14041. [PMID: 30649107 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp07109h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We present a combined experimental and theoretical study of state-to-state inelastic scattering of ND3(j = 11-) with D2 (j = 0, 1, 2, 3) molecules at collision energies around 800 cm-1. Using a crossed molecular beam apparatus which employs the combination of Stark deceleration and velocity map imaging, we observe the correlated rotational excitations of both collision partners. For D2, both elastic (ΔjD2 = 0), inelastic excitation (j = 0 →j = 2) and inelastic de-excitation (j = 2 →j = 0) processes are observed. For a number of final ND3 states, inelastic channels in which D2 is rotationally excited or de-excited appear surprisingly strong. The experimental results are in excellent agreement with the predictions from quantum scattering calculations which are based on an ab initio ND3-D2 potential energy surface.
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- Zhi Gao
- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Service de Chimie Quantique et Photophysique, Université libre de Bruxelles, CP 160/09, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Ghassemi E, Somers MF, Kroes GJ. Assessment of Two Problems of Specific Reaction Parameter Density Functional Theory: Sticking and Diffraction of H 2 on Pt(111). THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2019; 123:10406-10418. [PMID: 31049122 PMCID: PMC6488140 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b00981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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It is important that theory is able to accurately describe dissociative chemisorption reactions on metal surfaces, as such reactions are often rate-controlling in heterogeneously catalyzed processes. Chemically accurate theoretical descriptions have recently been obtained on the basis of the specific reaction parameter (SRP) approach to density functional (DF) theory (DFT), allowing reaction barriers to be obtained with chemical accuracy. However, being semiempirical, this approach suffers from two basic problems. The first is that sticking probabilities (to which SRP density functionals (DFs) are usually fitted) might show differences across experiments, of which the origins are not always clear. The second is that it has proven hard to use experiments on diffractive scattering of H2 from metals for validation purposes, as dynamics calculations using a SRP-DF may yield a rather poor description of the measured data, especially if the potential used contains a van der Waals well. We address the first problem by performing dynamics calculations on three sets of molecular beam experiments on D2 + Pt(111), using four sets of molecular beam parameters to obtain sticking probabilities, and the SRP-DF recently fitted to one set of experiments on D2 + Pt(111). It is possible to reproduce all three sets of experiments with chemical accuracy with the aid of two sets of molecular beam parameters. The theoretical simulations with the four different sets of beam parameters allow one to determine for which range of incidence conditions the experiments should agree well and for which conditions they should show specific differences. This allows one to arrive at conclusions about the quality of the experiments and about problems that might affect the experiments. Our calculations on diffraction of H2 scattering from Pt(111) show both quantitative and qualitative differences with previously measured diffraction probabilities, which were Debye-Waller (DW)-extrapolated to 0 K. We suggest that DW extrapolation, which is appropriate for direct scattering, might fail if the scattering is affected by the presence of a van der Waals well and that theory should attempt to model surface atom motion for reproducing diffraction experiments performed for surface temperatures of 500 K and higher.
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Sarma G, Saha AK, Bishwakarma CK, Scheidsbach R, Yang CH, Parker D, Wiesenfeld L, Buck U, Mavridis L, Marinakis S. Collision energy dependence of state-to-state differential cross sections for rotationally inelastic scattering of H 2O by He. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:4678-4687. [PMID: 28127600 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp06495g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The inelastic scattering of H2O by He as a function of collision energy in the range 381 cm-1 to 763 cm-1 at an energy interval of approximately 100 cm-1 has been investigated in a crossed beam experiment using velocity map imaging. Change in collision energy was achieved by varying the collision angle between the H2O and He beam. We measured the state-to-state differential cross section (DCS) of scattered H2O products for the final rotational states JKaKc = 110, 111, 221 and 414. Rotational excitation of H2O is probed by (2 + 1) resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectroscopy. DCS measurements over a wide range of collision energies allowed us to probe the H2O-He potential energy surface (PES) with greater detail than in previous work. We found that a classical approximation of rotational rainbows can predict the collision energy dependence of the DCS. Close-coupling quantum mechanical calculations were used to produce DCS and partial cross sections. The forward-backward ratio (FBR), is introduced here to compare the experimental and theoretical DCS. Both theory and experiments suggest that an increase in the collision energy is accompanied with more forward scattering.
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- Gautam Sarma
- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, The Netherlands and Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbst-Organisation, Am Faßberg 17, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Joseph Priestley Building, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Joseph Priestley Building, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.
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Zhang X, Eyles CJ, Ding D, Stolte S. The modified quasi-quantum treatment of rotationally inelastic NO(X)-He scattering. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:4067-75. [PMID: 25589218 DOI: 10.1039/c4cp01733a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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A modified quasi-quantum treatment (MQQT) of molecular scattering has been developed to account for the softness of the repulsive part of the anisotropic atom-molecule PES. A contour of the PES is chosen such that the barrier height is just large enough to reflect the incoming kinetic energy, directed anti-parallel to the hard shell normal at the site of impact. The resulting rotationally inelastic quantum state resolved DCSs and ICSs of He + NO(X) at Ecol = 508 cm(-1) are compared to those obtained from regular QQT and from quantum mechanically exact calculations performed on the full highest quality ab initio Vsum PES. The MQQT parity changing DCSs for Δj ≤ 4 exhibit much better agreement with the QM DCSs than is obtained using regular QQT, particularly in the forward scattered direction. The improvements upon the remaining MQQT DCSs with respect to the regular QQT were minor, due to the near incompressible hard shell character of the n ≠ 1 or 3 anisotropic Legendre polynomial terms of the PES.
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- Xia Zhang
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.
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Semenov A, Babikov D. Mixed quantum/classical theory of rotationally and vibrationally inelastic scattering in space-fixed and body-fixed reference frames. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:174108. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4827256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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