ISSN:
1089-7690
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
We report the mass-selected anion photoelectron spectra of I2− and the weakly bound clusters I2−⋅Arn (n=1–14, 16, 20) measured at a photon energy of 4.657 eV. The experiment yields size-dependent vertical and adiabatic detachment energies for the formation of the ground state and five valence-excited states of the neutral cluster, which correspond to the 1∑g+ (X), 3Π2u (A′), 3Π1u (A), 3Π0−u (B′), 1Π1u (B″), and 3Π0+u (B) states of bare I2. The detachment energies are successively blue-shifted with increasing cluster size, indicating a stronger stabilization of the anionic cluster relative to the neutral counterpart. The blue shift is of similar extent for the electronically excited states A′ and A and approximately 10% less for the X state. The I2− and I2−⋅Ar spectra are simulated employing a Franck–Condon analysis, from which we estimate the ion vibrational temperature and determine the I2−–Ar binding energy (D0=53±4 meV). The results are discussed with respect to possible cluster geometries and the evolution of the total and stepwise solvation energies. For I2−⋅Ar6 we present evidence that all Ar atoms are bound around the waist of the I–I bond. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.477042
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