A combined experimental/theoretical investigation of the near-infrared photodissociation of IBr{sup -}(CO{sub 2}){sub n}
- JILA and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440 (United States)
We report the collaborative experimental and theoretical study of the time-resolved recombination dynamics of photodissociated IBr{sup -}(CO{sub 2}){sub n} clusters. Excitation of the bare anionic chromophore to the dissociative A{sup '} {sup 2}{pi}{sub 1/2} state yields only I{sup -} and Br products. Interestingly, however, the addition of a few solvent molecules promotes recombination of the dissociating chromophore on the X {sup 2}{sigma}{sub 1/2}{sup +} ground state, which correlates asymptotically with Br{sup -} and I products. This process is studied experimentally using time-resolved, pump-probe techniques and theoretically via nonadiabatic molecular dynamics simulations. In sharp contrast to previous I{sub 2}{sup -} studies where more kinetic energy was released to the photofragments, the observed recombination times increase from picoseconds to nanoseconds with increasing cluster size up to n=10. The recombination times then drop dramatically back to picoseconds for cluster sizes n=11-14. This trend, seen both in experiment and theory, is explained by the presence of a solvent-induced well on the A{sup '} state, the depth of which directly corresponds to the asymmetry of the solvation about the chromophore. The results seen for both the branching ratios and recombination times from experiment and theory show good qualitative agreement.
- OSTI ID:
- 21254941
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 129, Issue 22; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3033746; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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