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Title: Communication: Determining the structure of the N{sub 2}Ar van der Waals complex with laser-based channel-selected Coulomb explosion

Abstract

We experimentally reconstructed the structure of the N{sub 2}Ar van der Waals complex with the technique of laser-based channel-selected Coulomb explosion imaging. The internuclear distance between the N{sub 2} center of mass and the Ar atom, i.e., the length of the van der Waals bond, was determined to be 3.88 Å from the two-body explosion channels. The angle between the van der Waals bond and the N{sub 2} principal axis was determined to be 90° from the three-body explosion channels. The reconstructed structure was contrasted with our high level ab initio calculations. The agreement demonstrated the potential application of laser-based Coulomb explosion in imaging transient molecular structure, particularly for floppy van der Waals complexes, whose structures remain difficult to be determined by conventional spectroscopic methods.

Authors:
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  1. State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871 (China)
  2. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22253173
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 140; Journal Issue: 14; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; EXPLOSIONS; LASERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; VAN DER WAALS FORCES

Citation Formats

Wu, Chengyin, Liu, Yunquan, Gong, Qihuang, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, Wu, Cong, Xie, Xiguo, Li, Min, Deng, Yongkai, Song, Di, and Su, Hongmei. Communication: Determining the structure of the N{sub 2}Ar van der Waals complex with laser-based channel-selected Coulomb explosion. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4871205.
Wu, Chengyin, Liu, Yunquan, Gong, Qihuang, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, Wu, Cong, Xie, Xiguo, Li, Min, Deng, Yongkai, Song, Di, & Su, Hongmei. Communication: Determining the structure of the N{sub 2}Ar van der Waals complex with laser-based channel-selected Coulomb explosion. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4871205
Wu, Chengyin, Liu, Yunquan, Gong, Qihuang, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, Wu, Cong, Xie, Xiguo, Li, Min, Deng, Yongkai, Song, Di, and Su, Hongmei. 2014. "Communication: Determining the structure of the N{sub 2}Ar van der Waals complex with laser-based channel-selected Coulomb explosion". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4871205.
@article{osti_22253173,
title = {Communication: Determining the structure of the N{sub 2}Ar van der Waals complex with laser-based channel-selected Coulomb explosion},
author = {Wu, Chengyin and Liu, Yunquan and Gong, Qihuang and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing and Wu, Cong and Xie, Xiguo and Li, Min and Deng, Yongkai and Song, Di and Su, Hongmei},
abstractNote = {We experimentally reconstructed the structure of the N{sub 2}Ar van der Waals complex with the technique of laser-based channel-selected Coulomb explosion imaging. The internuclear distance between the N{sub 2} center of mass and the Ar atom, i.e., the length of the van der Waals bond, was determined to be 3.88 Å from the two-body explosion channels. The angle between the van der Waals bond and the N{sub 2} principal axis was determined to be 90° from the three-body explosion channels. The reconstructed structure was contrasted with our high level ab initio calculations. The agreement demonstrated the potential application of laser-based Coulomb explosion in imaging transient molecular structure, particularly for floppy van der Waals complexes, whose structures remain difficult to be determined by conventional spectroscopic methods.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4871205},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22253173}, journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
issn = {0021-9606},
number = 14,
volume = 140,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Mon Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}