DIPOLE BINDING TO A STRONGLY POLAR MOLECULE AND ITS HOMOGENEOUS CLUSTERS - MAGIC DISTRIBUTION OF ACETONITRILE CLUSTER ANIONS

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DESFRANCOIS, C
ABDOULCARIME, H
ADJOURI, C
KHELIFA, N
SCHERMANN, JP
机构
[1] Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Institut Galilée, Université Paris-Nord, Villetaneuse
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1994年 / 26卷 / 01期
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10.1209/0295-5075/26/1/005
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We study charge transfer collisions between laser-excited xenon (nf, np) Rydberg atoms and acetonitrile molecules and clusters. CH3CN- and (CH3CN)3- anions are observed only in extremely narrow ranges of Rydberg n-values. The measurement of the electron binding energies of these anions shows that they are in dipole-bound states. The transition to solvated electron behaviour corresponds to the appearance of more strongly bound large anions (N > 10) which are created for a wide range of Rydberg-electron energies.
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