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Solvent resonance effect on the anisotropy of NO(-)(N(2)O)(n) cluster anion photodetachment
Luis Velarde1, Terefe Habteyes, Emily R Grumbling
1Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0041, USA.
Abstract:
Photodetachment from NO(-)(N(2)O)(n) cluster anions (n< or =7) is investigated using photoelectron imaging at 786, 532, and 355 nm. Compared to unsolvated NO(-), the photoelectron anisotropy with respect to the laser polarization direction diminishes drastically in the presence of the N(2)O solvent, especially in the 355 nm data. In contrast, a less significant anisotropy loss is observed for NO(-)(H(2)O)(n). The effect is attributed to photoelectron scattering on the solvent, which in the N(2)O case is mediated by the (2)Pi anionic resonance. No anionic resonances exist for H(2)O in the applicable photoelectron energy range, in line with the observed difference between the photoelectron images obtained with the two solvents. The momentum-transfer cross section, rather than the total scattering cross section, is argued to be an appropriate physical parameter predicting the solvent effects on the photoelectron angular distributions in these cluster anions.
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