Visualization of chemical reaction dynamics: Toward understanding complex polyatomic reactions |
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Authors: | Toshinori SUZUKI |
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Institution: | *1Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.;*2RIKEN, Saitama, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Polyatomic molecules have several electronic states that have similar energies. Consequently, their chemical dynamics often involve nonadiabatic transitions between multiple potential energy surfaces. Elucidating the complex reactions of polyatomic molecules is one of the most important tasks of theoretical and experimental studies of chemical dynamics. This paper describes our recent experimental studies of the multidimensional multisurface dynamics of polyatomic molecules based on two-dimensional ion/electron imaging. It also discusses ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy of liquids for elucidating nonadiabatic electronic dynamics in aqueous solutions. |
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Keywords: | molecular beam chemical reaction nonadiabatic transition imaging scattering photoelectron spectroscopy |
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