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Awali S, Poisson L, Rhouma MBEH, Mestdagh JM. Absorption Spectroscopy, a Tool for Probing Local Structures and the Onset of Large-Amplitude Motions in Small KAr(n) Clusters at Increasing Temperatures. J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:9729-38. [PMID: 26301681 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Photoabsorption spectra of KArn (n = 1-10) are simulated at temperatures ranging between 5 and 25 K. The calculations associate a Monte Carlo (MC) method to sample cluster geometries at temperature T, with a one-electron ab initio model to calculate the ground-state and excited-state energies of the cluster. The latter model replaces the K(+) core electrons and all the electrons of the Ar atoms by appropriate pseudopotentials, complemented by core polarization potentials. It also provides the necessary oscillator strengths to simulate the spectra. Global optimization by basin-hopping is used in combination with MC simulation at low temperature (5 K) to identify the most stable isomer and remarkable isomers of ground-state KArn clusters, which are stable with respect to deformations of the order of those expected with Zero Point Energy motions. The absorption spectra calculated for each of these isomers at 5 K suggest that absorption spectroscopy can probe sensitively the local environment of K atom: surface location of K with respect to a close-packed Ar moiety, number of Ar atom in close vicinity, and local symmetry about K. Simulation at increasing temperatures, up to the evaporation limit of K out of the cluster, shows the onset of large amplitude motions above 20 K, when the K atom experiences a variety of local environments.
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- Slim Awali
- Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453, CEA/IRAMIS/LIDyL , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.,Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453, CNRS/IRAMIS/LIDyL , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.,Laboratoire d'Etudes des Milieux Ionisés et Réactifs (EMIR), Institut Préparatoire aux Etudes d'Ingénieurs , Monastir, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453, CEA/IRAMIS/LIDyL , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.,Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453, CNRS/IRAMIS/LIDyL , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire d'Etudes des Milieux Ionisés et Réactifs (EMIR), Institut Préparatoire aux Etudes d'Ingénieurs , Monastir, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453, CEA/IRAMIS/LIDyL , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.,Laboratoire Francis Perrin, URA 2453, CNRS/IRAMIS/LIDyL , F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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Magoulas I, Papakondylis A, Mavridis A. Accurate ab initio structural parameters of the diatomic and triatomic van der Waals molecules (11)BNg (X(2)Π, A(2)Σ(+)) and (11)BNg2 (X̃(2)B1), Ng = (4)He, (20)Ne, (40)Ar, (84)Kr, and (132)Xe. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:3990-5. [PMID: 24806885 DOI: 10.1021/jp5027288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The weakly interacting BNg and BNg2 molecular systems, Ng = He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe, have been thoroughly studied through coupled-cluster RCCSD(T) calculations and large correlation consistent basis sets. For the BNg diatomics, the states examined are the X(2)Π and A(2)Σ(+), and the X̃(2)B1 state for the C2v BNg2 triatomics. A series of corrections render our final results reliable, judging as well from the (limited) experimental numbers available. Both BHe and BHe2 are marginally unbound, whereas the attractive interactions of the BNg X(2)Π states, where Ng = Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe, are D0 = 19.8, 98.2, 141.9, and 209.1 cm(-1), respectively. For the BRn (Rn = radon) species, an estimated value of interaction energy D0 ≈ 280 cm(-1) is obtained by a D0 versus static polarizability (α) extrapolation. Corresponding atomization energies of the BNg2 (X̃(2)B1) molecules are AE0 = 52.0 (BNe2), 263.4 (BAr2), 384.6 (BKr2), and 576.9 (BXe2) cm(-1).
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- Ilias Magoulas
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Panepistimiopolis, Athens 15771, Greece
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Wang Q, Alexander MH. Path-integral Monte Carlo simulation of the recombination of two Al atoms embedded in parahydrogen. J Chem Phys 2006; 124:034502. [PMID: 16438592 DOI: 10.1063/1.2158994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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We report the use of path-integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations in the study of the stability against recombination of two Al atoms trapped in solid parahydrogen (pH2) at 4 K. The many-body interactions involving open-shell Al atoms are described with a pairwise additive Hamiltonian model. To estimate the lifetime against recombination, we use PIMC simulations to define an effective potential averaged over the position of the pH2 molecules, followed by a transition-state treatment. Different initial embedding sites are explored. If the initial substitution sites are within a distance of approximately 13 bohrs, the Al atoms will significantly distort the lattice structure to allow recombination, with an accompanying release of energy during the process. For substitution distances longer than approximately 14 bohrs, the dispersion of Al atoms is shown to be metastable, with lifetimes varying from approximately 30 min to several days. The electronic anisotropy is a factor that helps to stabilize the dispersion.
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- Qian Wang
- Chemical Physics Program, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-2021, USA
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Wang Q, Alexander MH. Path integral Monte Carlo simulation of the absorption spectra of an Al atom embedded in helium. J Chem Phys 2005; 123:134319. [PMID: 16223300 DOI: 10.1063/1.2037588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We use a multilevel path integral Monte-Carlo (PIMC) method to simulate the arrangement of He atoms around a single Al atom doped in a He cluster. High-level ab initio Al-He pair potentials and a Balling and Wright pairwise Hamiltonian model are used to describe the full potential and the electronic asymmetry arising from the open-shell character of the Al atom in its ground and excited electronic states. Our calculations show that the doping of the Al 3p electron strongly influences the He packing. The results of the PIMC simulation are used to predict the electronic excitation spectrum of an Al atom embedded in He clusters. With inclusion of tail corrections for the ground and excited states potentials, the calculated 3d<--3p spectrum agrees reasonably well with the experimental spectrum. The blueshift of the calculated spectrum associated with the 4s<--3p transition of solvated Al is about 25 nm (2000 cm-1) larger than seen in experiments on Al embedded in bulk liquid He. We predict that the spectrum associated with the 4p<--3p transition will be blueshifted by approximately 7000 cm-1 (nearly 1 eV).
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- Qian Wang
- Chemical Physics Program, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742-2021, USA
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Tao C, Dagdigian PJ, Alexander MH. Experimental and theoretical investigation of the 3s←2p transition in the BNe2 complex. Chem Phys Lett 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.04.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tao C, Dagdigian PJ. Spectroscopic investigation of nonbonding interactions of group-14 atoms with rare gases: the SnAr van der Waals complex. J Chem Phys 2004; 120:7512-9. [PMID: 15267664 DOI: 10.1063/1.1665957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The laser fluorescence excitation spectra of the SnAr van der Waals complex, in the vicinity of the individual fine-structure lines of the Sn 5s25p6s3P0<-- 5s25p2(3)P atomic resonance transition in the spectral region 317-270 nm are reported. Excited-state (v',0) progressions of bands built upon the individual J'<-- J" fine-structure atomic lines were observed. Because the collisional spin-orbit relaxation was slow, transitions were observed out of the lower SnAr states built upon all the J'' atomic asymptotes. The spectra were interpreted through model potential energy curves based on the isoelectronic SiAr system. Lower bounds to the dissociation energies of all lower SnAr states were determined. The binding energies of the group-13, and -14-atom-argon complexes and the effect of the spin-orbit interaction on moderating nonbonding interactions are discussed.
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- Chong Tao
- Department of Chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-2685, USA
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Tao C, Dagdigian PJ. Laser fluorescence excitation spectroscopy of the GeAr van der Waals complex. J Chem Phys 2003. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1529662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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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Jakowski J, Chałasiński G, Szczęśniak MM, Cybulski SM. Modeling of the Three-Body Effects in the Neutral Trimers in the Quartet State by ab initio Calculations. H3, Na3, and Na2B. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003. [DOI: 10.1135/cccc20030587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The Na2B, Na3, and H3 trimers in the lowest quartet states were studied by ab initio methods, using both the supermolecular approach and the intermolecular Møller-Plesset perturbation theory. Partitioning of the nonadditive contribution into the orientational two-body part and the genuine three-body part was proposed. The lowest quartet state of the Na3 trimer and all the three lowest quartet states of the Na2B trimer are bound, and the forms of these clusters are essentially determined by two-body forces. In the case of the Na2B trimer the orientational two-body nonadditivity proved to be crucial. In addition, in the title metal trimers, in the region of the van der Waals minima, the genuine nonadditivity is very important, and amounts to 30% in Na2B and up to 70% in Na3. The leading nonadditive term is the triple-exchange Heitler-London exchange term. For triangular arrangements it considerably enhances the total stabilization. The single-exchange term and the SCF deformation play only a secondary role. The dispersion nonadditivity is negligible. The isotropic part of the basis set superposition error (BSSE) is large and must be corrected by the counterpoise method. The anisotropic contribution to BSSE is practically negligible.
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Tao C, Teslja A, Dagdigian PJ, Atahan S, Alexander MH. Laser spectroscopic study of the SiAr van der Waals complex. J Chem Phys 2002. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1473814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Alexander MH. Path-integral simulation of finite-temperature properties of systems involving multiple, coupled electronic states. Chem Phys Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-2614(01)01012-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Kiljunen T, Eloranta J, Ahokas J, Kunttu H. Optical properties of atomic boron in rare gas matrices: An ultraviolet-absorption/laser induced fluorescence study with ab initio and diatomics-in-molecules molecular dynamics analysis. J Chem Phys 2001. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1360797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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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Tam S, Macler M, DeRose ME, Fajardo ME. Electronic spectroscopy of B atoms and B2 molecules isolated in para-H2, normal-D2, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe matrices. J Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1312268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Krumrine JR, Jang S, Alexander MH, Voth GA. Quantum molecular dynamics and spectral simulation of a boron impurity in solid para-hydrogen. J Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1318225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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