Femtosecond reaction dynamics in macroclusters. Effect of solvation on wave-packet motion

✍ Scribed by E.D. Potter; Q. Liu; A.H. Zewail

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 935 KB
• Volume: 200
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(92)80098-v

✦ Synopsis

The dynamics of I2 dissociation and recombination (caging) in a macrocluster are reported, covering the femtosecond to picosecond time domain. Both the exit-channel and recombination dynamics are observed and related to solute-solvent interactions, The dissociation involves bond breakage on bound/repulsive potentials with concomitant evaporation of the solvent shell. The caging is accompanied by relaxation of the system and/or diffusion of the free iodine atoms prior to reforming the Is bond. Molecular dynamics are used to compare with experiments.