Energetics, dynamics, and reactions of rydberg state molecules in van der Waals clusters

Technical Report · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:218071

Shang, Q Y; Bernstein, E R

In the past 10 years the study of van der Waals clusters has grown enormously; perhaps one of the best indications of this growth, in both activity and sophistication, is the advent of this review issue devoted to such research. Van der Waals clusters, synthesized one molecule or atom at a time and accessed according to size and structure, provide a molecule by molecule view of the solvation process, its energetics, solute/solvent dynamics, and eventually even unimolecular and bimolecular chemical reactions. The clusters treated most frequently and discussed in this review are of the form solute or chromophore (solvent)n, with n varying from 1 to more than 100. These clusters are most typically generated in a supersonic beam; both large and small clusters can be synthesized by controlling the expansion conditions.

• Research Organization: Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Center for Tectonophysics
• OSTI ID: 218071
• Report Number(s): AD-A--301055/0/XAB; CNN: Contract DAAL03-91-G-0100
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

40 CHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DYNAMICS
EXCITATION
MOLECULAR CLUSTERS
RYDBERG STATES
VAN DER WAALS FORCES