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Hydrated electron dynamics: from clusters to bulk

Bragg, A.E.; Verlet, J.R.R.; Kammrath, A.; Cheshnovsky, O.; Neumark, D.M.

Authors

A.E. Bragg

A. Kammrath

O. Cheshnovsky

D.M. Neumark



Abstract

The electronic relaxation dynamics of size-selected (H2O)n–/(D2O)n[25 n 50] clusters have been studied with time-resolved photoelectron imaging. The excess electron () was excited through the transition with an ultrafast laser pulse, with subsequent evolution of the excited state monitored with photodetachment and photoelectron imaging. All clusters exhibited p-state population decay with concomitant s-state repopulation (internal conversion) on time scales ranging from 180 to 130 femtoseconds for (H2O)n– and 400 to 225 femtoseconds for (D2O)n–; the lifetimes decrease with increasing cluster sizes. Our results support the "nonadiabatic relaxation" mechanism for the bulk hydrated electron (), which invokes a 50-femtosecond internal conversion lifetime.

Citation

Bragg, A., Verlet, J., Kammrath, A., Cheshnovsky, O., & Neumark, D. (2004). Hydrated electron dynamics: from clusters to bulk. Science, 306(5696), 669-671. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1103527

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Oct 1, 2004
Deposit Date May 4, 2007
Journal Science
Print ISSN 0036-8075
Electronic ISSN 1095-9203
Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 306
Issue 5696
Pages 669-671
DOI https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1103527

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