Lietard, Aude and Verlet, Jan R. R. (2019) 'Selectivity in electron attachment to water clusters.', Journal of physical chemistry letters., 10 (6). pp. 1180-1184.
Abstract
Electron attachment onto water clusters to form water cluster anions is studied by varying the point of electron attachment along a molecular beam axis and probing the produced cluster anions using photoelectron spectroscopy. The results show that the point of electron attachment has a clear effect on the final distribution of isomers for a cluster containing 78 water molecules, with isomer I formed preferentially near the start of the expansion and isomer II formed preferentially once the molecular beam has progressed for several millimetres. These changes can be accounted for by the cluster growth rate along the beam. Near the start of the expansion, cluster growth is proceeding rapidly with condensing water molecules solvating the electron, while further along the expansion, the growth has terminated and electrons are attached to large and cold preformed clusters, leading to the isomer associated with a loosely bound surface state.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Full text: | (AM) Accepted Manuscript Download PDF (939Kb) |
| Status: | Peer-reviewed |
| Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00275 |
| Publisher statement: | This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Journal of physical chemistry letters copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00275 |
| Date accepted: | 28 February 2019 |
| Date deposited: | 01 March 2019 |
| Date of first online publication: | 28 February 2019 |
| Date first made open access: | 28 February 2020 |
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