振动态选择的NO2+离子e3B2态解离生成氧离子通道的动力学

结合最新的阈值光电子-光离子符合速度成像技术和同步辐射光电离, 开展了振动态选择的NO₂⁺离子e³B₂态解离动力学研究. 在18.8-19.2 eV范围内获得的NO₂⁺离子e³B₂态的振动分辨阈值光电子谱与前人结果基本符合, 而由e³B₂态(0,0,0)和(1,0,0)振动能级解离生成的O⁺碎片离子的符合速度成像清楚地显示出多个圆环结构, 表明解离过程中生成了多种具有不同速度的O⁺离子, 对应中性解离碎片NO分子处于不同的内态. 通过速度和角度积分, 我们分别获得了解离过程中释放的总平动能分布和O⁺离子的角度分布, 其中两振动态选择的NO₂⁺离子解离生成的NO分子X²Π态振动分布十分相似, 主要布居的振动量子数为3-5. 解离释放的可资用能近似平均分配到碎片的平动能和内能, 其中碎片总平动能约占52%, 内能约占48%. 此外, O⁺离子的各向异性参数β约为0.3, 且不随NO(X²Π)振动量子数而剧烈变化.     

离子速度成像在阈值光电子-光离子符合测量中的应用和改进

在阈值光电子-光离子符合质谱中, 通过增加离子检测端的电极板, 并调整相对电压形成渐增的加速电场, 获得了很好的离子速度聚焦效果. 通过这种电场, 使得具有较大平动能的离子团沿飞行方向逐渐膨胀的同时, 在垂直于飞行方向受到电场的束缚, 最终在探测器的表面实现速度聚焦, 形成缩小的图像(即速度成像的放大倍率N<1), 从而确保谱仪能够同时获得较高的平动能分辨率和质量分辨率. 应用这种缩小的速度聚焦电场, 我们研究了振动态选择的O₂ (B²Σ_g^-)离子解离动力学, 获得了碎片离子O在阈值光电子-光离子符合条件下的三维时间切片图像, 并通过比较两个解离通道所产生的O不同的平动能分布, 证实了这种离子透镜电场在较宽的离子平动能范围内能够始终保持良好的速度聚焦效果.     

量子态选择的分子离子解离动力学：阈值光电子-光离子符合成像技术的应用

阈值光电子一光离子符合速度成像技术通过对光电子和符合的光离子同时进行速度聚焦控制,大幅提高了电子和离子的收集效率和离子平动能分辨率,成为开展气相分子光电离和光电离．解离动力学研究的有效工具．利用该技术,我们精确地测量了分子的电离能、离子出现势等重要参数,并且开展了若干具有量子态或内能选择的离子解离动力学研究,描绘了相关势能面存在浅势阱等重要动力学特征,讨论了不同振动态和电子态的激发对解离机理和产物通道的重要影响．     

—氯甲烷同步辐射光电离研究——离子生成焓与键能的测定

本文报道超音速射流冷却条件下,用同步辐射光研究CH_3Cl光电离及其解离电离的动力学,测得CH_3Cl的电离能(IP)为11.28±0.01eV.通过测定CH_3Cl光解离电离碎片的出现势(AP),并结合有关已确认的热力学数据,获得了它们的标准生成焓、离子型分子中的键能、中性分子或自由基中的键能及母体离子的解离能等热力学数据.对CH_3Cl分子VUV光解离电离通道进行了分析.     

光电子成像方法研究Xe时间分辨多光子电离过程

利用自行研制的离子成像检测器研究了Xe的飞秒时间分辨双色多光子电离过程.Xe的408nm多光子电离对比实验结果表明,该离子成像检测器与相应的进口产品具有相近的光电子能量分辨率.在272nm飞秒激光作用下,3光子电离产生能量为1.57和0.26eV的光电子,分别对应于Xe+的两个自旋态;在408nm飞秒激光作用下,还观察到第一级阈上电离产生的光电子.在双色飞秒时间分辨实验中,随着两束光相对时间的改变,光电子能谱出现了一系列的变化;随着两束光时间重合程度的增加,由双色多光子电离(3+1'或4'+1)产生的光电子信号逐渐加强;在第二束光的作用下,由第一束单色光产生的光电子出现能量红移,第二束光同时也导致中间态布居数减少.这种光电子能谱的红移现象反映了原子体系中激光场诱导有质动力势的时间分辨动态调制过程.     

半导体共轭聚合物光学探针的设计及在自发光成像和光声成像中的应用

光学成像因其无侵袭性、高时空分辨率和高灵敏度在生物医学领域得到迅速发展.光学成像中自发光成像包括化学发光成像和长余辉成像不需实时光激发,避免了自发荧光的影响,可以得到较高的灵敏度和信噪比.光声成像则是将光信号通过热膨胀转化为声信号,避免了光散射的影响,具有较高的组织穿透深度.本文针对半导体共轭聚合物光学探针在自发光成像...     

离子速度成像方法研究溴代环己烷的紫外光解动力学

利用二维离子速度成像方法对C6H11Br分子在234 nm附近的光解动力学行为进行了研究. 通过(2+1)共振增强多光子电离探测了光解产物Br*(2P1/2)和Br(2P3/2), 得到它们的相对量子产率. 从光解产物Br*(2P1/2)和Br(2P3/2)的速度图像得到了能量和角度分布. 结果表明, Br*原子主要来自于S1态的直接解离, 而Br则绝大部分是从S2态向T3态的系间交叉跃迁得到, 并导致了两种解离通道能量分布的差别. 实验发现C6H11Br分子解离过程中大部分能量都转化为内能, 但与其它长链溴代烷烃分子相比, 可资用能更多地被分配到平动能中, 结合软反冲模型分析了这种能量分配跟环烷基的构象和稳定性的关系.     

新型单光子电离和光电子电离复合电离源的研究及应用

复合电离源在单光子电离模式下可以产生分子离子信号,易于确定分子量;在光电子电离模式下,70 eV电子能量可以产生含有物质结构信息的碎片峰,实现物质的结构鉴定.两种电离模式可以实现毫秒级迅速切换.本研究通过提高光程降低了单光子电离模式下的检出限.在单光子电离模式下,对苯的检出限为50 μg/m3(累加时间为4s);光电子...     

离子速度成像方法研究碘代正戊烷的紫外光解动力学

利用离子速度成像方法对n-C5H11I分子在266和277 nm下的光解动力学进行了研究. 实验分析了I*(5p 2P1/2)和I(5p 2P3/2)的离子影像, 得到其相应速度、角度分布和相对量子产率, 并根据相对量子产率和角度分布计算了不同解离通道的比例. 实验发现n-C5H11I的3Q0和1Q1态之间存在较强的耦合效应, 并且随着波长的减小, 这种非绝热耦合作用有递增的趋势. 由离子影像(I*和I)的角度分布结果发现, 在同一解离激光波长下I*的各向异性参数β值比I的β值小, 其中I*主要由3Q0直接解离产生, 而I绝大多数是由分子先跃迁到3Q0再经过3Q0→1Q1的非绝热耦合产生.     

离子速度成像方法研究C8H17Br分子的光解动力学

用离子速度成像方法, 研究了长链C8H17Br分子在234 nm激光下的光解过程. 通过2+1共振增强多光子电离探测了两种光解产物Br*(2P1/2)和Br(2P3/2), 得到了它们的相对量子产率. 从光解产物Br*(2P1/2)和Br(2P3/2)的速度图像得到了能量和角度分布. 并根据相对量子产率和角度分布, 计算了不同解离通道的比例. 实验发现C8H17Br分子解离过程中大部分能量都转化为内能, 该能量分配可以较好地用软反冲模型来解释, 并分析了这种能量分配跟烷基大小的关系.     

Unraveling Vibrational Wavepacket Dynamics using Femtosecond Ion Yield Spectroscopy and Photoelectron Imaging

Time-resolved photoionization is a powerful experimental approach to unravel the excited state dynamics in isolated polyatomic molecules. Depending on species of the collected signals, different methods can be performed: time-resolved ion yield spectroscopy (TR-IYS) and time-resolved photoelectron imaging (TR-PEI). In this review, the essential concepts linking photoionization measurement with electronic structure are presented, together with several important breakthroughs in experimentally distinguishing the oscillating wavepacket motion between different geometries. We illustrate how femtosecond TR-IYS and TR-PEI are employed to visualize the evolution of a coherent vibrational wavepacket on the excited state surface.     

Imaging Photoelectron Circular Dichroism in the Detachment of Mass-Selected Chiral Anions

Photoelectron Circular Dichroism (PECD) is a forward-backward asymmetry in the photoemission from a non-racemic sample induced by circularly polarized light. PECD spectroscopy has potential analytical advantages for chiral discrimination over other chiroptical methods due to its increased sensitivity to the chiral potential of the molecule. The use of anions for PECD spectroscopy allows for mass-selectivity and provides a path to simple experimental schemes that employ table-top light sources. Evidence of PECD for anions is limited, and insight into the forces that govern PECD electron dynamics in photodetachment is absent. Here, we demonstrate a PECD effect in the photodetachment of mass-selected deprotonated 1-indanol anions. By utilizing velocity map imaging photoelectron spectroscopy with a tunable light source, we determine the energy-resolved PECD over a wide range of photon energies. The observed PECD reaches up to 11 %, similar to what has been measured for neutral species.     

Photoelectron Spectroscopy,Photoionization Mass Spectroscopy,and Theoretical Study on CCl3SSCN

Trichloromethanesulfenyl thiocyanate, CCl3SSCN, was generated and studied by photoelectron spectroscopy (PES), photoionization mass spectroscopy (PIMS), and theoretical calculations. This molecule exhibits a gauche conformation, and the torsional angle around S-S bond is 91.4 o due to the sulfur-sulfur lone pair interactions. After ionization, the ground-state cationic-radical form of CCl3SSCN*+ adopts a trans planar main-atom structure with Cs symmetry. The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of CCl3SSCN corresponds to the electrons mainly localized on the sulfur 3p lone pair MO. The first ionization energy is determined to be 10.40 eV.     

Vacuum ultraviolet photoionization and photoelectron studies in the new millennium: recent developments and applications

Vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoionization mass spectrometry and photoelectron spectroscopy have played a central role in providing energetic and spectroscopic information for neutrals and cations. The most important data obtainable in a VUV photoionization and photoelectron experiment are ionization energies and 0 K ion dissociation thresholds or appearance energy (AE), from which 0 K bond dissociation energies for neutrals and cations can be deduced. The recent developments in VUV lasers and third-generation synchrotron sources, together with the introduction of the pulsed-field ionization (PFI), photoelectron (PFI-PE), and PFI-photoion (PFI-PI) methods, have revolutionized the field of photoelectron and ion spectroscopy by significantly improving the energy resolution to the range of 0.025–1.0 meV (full width at half maximum, FWHM). These resolutions, which make possible the measurement of photoelectron spectra for many simple molecules at the rotational-resolved level, are ≈100-fold better than those observed in traditional photoelectron studies, making the PFI-PE technique a true spectroscopic method. The recent introduction of the synchrotron-based PFI-PEPICO scheme has shown that AE values for a range of molecules can be determined with an unprecedented precision limited only by the PFI-PE measurement. The synchrotron-based PFI-PEPICO and PFI-PI schemes show great promises for future studies of state- or energy-selected ion-dissociation dynamics and energy-selected ion-molecule reaction dynamics. Further improvement in energy resolution for PFI-PE and PFI-PI measurements has been demonstrated using the two-color photo-induced Rydberg ionization (PIRI) spectroscopic scheme, which involves the photo-induced ionization of intermediate long-lived high-n ( n≥100) Rydberg states. The incorporation of this method by VUV photoexcitation to prepare intermediate high-n ( n≥100) Rydberg states is also expected to greatly increase the energy range of PFI studies. The availability of this array of laser- and synchrotron-based PFI methods, including PFI-PE, PFI-PEPICO, PFI-PI, PFI-ion-pair, and PIRI schemes, ensures an exciting and bright future for VUV photoionization and photoelectron studies in the new millennium.     

A New kHz Velocity Map Ion/Electron Imaging Spectrometer for Femtosecond Time-Resolved Molecular Reaction Dynamics Studies

A new velocity map imaging spectrometer is constructed for molecular reaction dynamics studies using time-resolved photoelectron/ion spectroscopy method.By combining a kHz pulsed valve and an ICCD camera,this velocity map imaging spectrometer can be run at a repetition rate of 1 kHz,totally compatible with the fs Ti:Sapphire laser system,facilitating time-resolved studies in gas phase which are usually time-consuming.Time-resolved velocity map imaging study of NH₃ photodissociation at 200 nm was performed and the time-resolved total kinetic energy release spectrum of H+NH₂ products provides rich information about the dissociation dynamics of NH₃.These results show that this new apparatus is a powerful tool for investigating the molecular reaction dynamics using time-resolved methods.     

Tracking Ion Transport in Nanochannels via Transient Single-Particle Imaging

The transport behavior of ions in the nanopores has an important impact on the performance of the electrochemical devices. Although the classical Transmission-Line (TL) model has long been used to describe ion transport in pores, the boundary conditions for the applicability of the TL model remain controversial. Here, we investigated the transport kinetics of different ions, within nanochannels of different lengths, by using transient single-particle imaging with temporal resolution up to microseconds. We found that the ion transport kinetics within short nanochannels may deviate significantly from the TL model. The reason is that the ion transport under nanoconfinement is composed of multi basic stages, and the kinetics differ much under different stage domination. With the shortening of nanochannels, the electrical double layer (EDL) formation would become the “rate-determining step” and dominate the apparent ion kinetics. Our results imply that using the TL model directly and treating the in-pore mobility as an unchanged parameter to estimate the ion transport kinetics in short nanopores/nanochannels may lead to orders of magnitude bias. These findings may advance the understanding of the nanoconfined ion transport and promote the related applications.     

Detection of Hindered Rotation and Inversion by NMR Spectroscopy

Rotations and inversions in organic molecules are readily recognizable from the temperature dependence of the NMR spectra. The study of the effects of substituents on the activation barriers of such processes permits the elucidation of reaction mechanisms, and the stability limits of isomers can also be determined. The knowledge of the stability limits is necessary for the specific synthesis of stable rotamers and invertomers.     

Room-Temperature High-Performance Thermoelectric Bi0.6Sb0.4Te: Elimination of Detrimental Band Inversion in BiTe

Room-temperature thermoelectric materials are the key to miniaturizing refrigeration equipment and have great scientific and social implications, yet their application is hindered by their extreme scarcity. BiTe exhibiting strong spin-orbit coupling peaks ZT at 600 K. Herein, we discover the synergy effect of Sb doping in BiTe that eliminates the detrimental band inversion and leads to an overlap of conduction band (CB) and valence band that significantly increases the S from 33 to 124 μV K⁻¹. In addition, this effect enhances the μ from 58 to 92 cm² V⁻¹ s⁻¹ owing to the sharp increase in the CB slope along the Γ-A in the first Brillouin zone. Furthermore, Sb doping increases the anharmonicity, shortens the phonon lifetime and lowers κ_lat. Finally, Se/Sb codoping further optimizes the ZT to 0.6 at 300 K, suggesting that Bi_0.6Sb_0.4Te_1−ySe_y is a potential room-temperature TE material.     

A Biocompatible Probe for the Detection of Neutrophil Elastase Free from the Interference of Structural Changes and Its Application to Ratiometric Photoacoustic Imaging In Vivo

Neutrophil elastase (NE) plays a key role in chronic inflammation and acute responses to infection and injury. Effective disease interventions thus call for precise identification of NE to aid the clinical treatment of such diseases. However, the detection process suffers from the interference of structural changes of NE. Herein, we introduce a molecular probe with high biocompatibility to overcome the interference, which was achieved by combining theoretical calculations and experimental studies, that permits highly specific and sensitive detection of NE in cells and in vivo. The upregulated NE accumulation was specifically measured in inflammation by ratiometric photoacoustic and near-infrared fluorescence imaging, providing a new method for developing more specific fluorogenic probes for other enzymes.     

Calculation of Viscosity and Diffusion Coefficients for Two Binary Gaseous Mixtures Using the Semi-empirical Inversion Method

The accurate reduced potential energies for two binary gas mixtures including benzene-methanol and methane-tetrafluoromethane at low density have been obtained by direct inversion of the viscosity collision integral equations. The kinetic theory along with the extended principle of corresponding-states has been used to calculate the viscosity and dif-fusion coefficients over a wide range of temperature and composition. Good agreements between calculated and experimental data are obtained.