Core-level spectroscopy of the photodissociation process of BrCN molecule

Fewest-switches surfacing hopping(FSSH) simulations have been performed with the high-level multi-reference electronic structure method to explore the coupled electronic and nuclear dynamics upon photoexcitation of cyanogen bromide(BrCN). The potential energy surfaces(PES) of BrCN are charted as functions of the Jacobi coordinates(R, θ). An indepth examination of the FSSH trajectories reveals the temporal dynamics of the molecule and the population changes of the lowest twelve states during BrCN's photodissociation process, which presents a rich tapestry of dynamical information.Furthermore, the carbon K-edge x-ray absorption spectroscopy(XAS) is calculated with multi-reference inner-shell spectral simulations. The rotation of the CN fragment and the elongation of the C–Br bond are found to be the reason for the peak shifting in the XAS. Our findings offer a nuanced interpretation for inner-shell probe investigations of BrCN, setting the stage for a deeper understanding of the photodissociation process of cyanogen halides molecules.

Control of the photoionization/photodissociation processes of cyclopentanone with trains of femtosecond laser pulses

A train of three equally spaced femtosecond laser pulses is employed to control the photoionization/photodissociation processes of cyclopentanone. With the increase of pulse separation, a strong modulation of product ion yield is observed. More than ten-fold changes of ion yield ratio between different products can be realized. The experimental observations further explain the compositions and formation pathways of peaks in the mass spectra. The controlling mechanisms are also discussed.

Investigation on the Photodissociation of Oxygen from Oxymyoglobin by Fluorescence Spectroscopy

Photodissociation of oxygen from oxymyoglobin（oxyMb） was investigated by means of fluorescence spectroscopy. One of the most important findings of the photodissociation of oxyMb was the discovery of two processes which were affected by excitation intensity, temperature, solvent viscosity, and excitation wavelength. Process I（PI） corresponded to oxygen escaping from the binding site at ferrous heme iron atom within the porphyrin ring into the heme pocket, whereas process II（PII） was ascribed to oxygen escaping from the heme pocket into the solvent. To elucidate this interesting phenomenon, we proposed a model that oxygen encountered two barriers on its way from the binding site at the ferrous heme iron to the solvent. Reversibility and wavelength sensitivity of the photodissociation were also observed.

Three-Body Photodissociation of Thionyl Chloride

The ultrafast photodissociation dynamics of thionyl chloride after excitation with a 235 nm pump pulse has been studied using a femtosecond time-resolved mass spectroscopy.The observed parent transient suggests that the excited states initiated by 235 nm are very shortlived,that is,approximately 166 fs.Not only a stepwise three-body dissociation pathway but also a concerted three-body dissociation pathway is observed.

Photodissociation Branching Ratios of 12C^16O from 108000 cm^-1 to 113200 cm^-1 Measured by Two-Color VUV-VUV Laser Pump-Probe Time-Slice Velocity-Map Ion Imaging Method:Observation of Channels for Producing O(1D)

The photoabsorption and photodissociation of carbon monoxide(CO)in the vacuum ultraviolet(VUV)region is one of the most important photochemical processes in the interstellar medium,thus it has attracted numerous experimental and theoretical studies.Here,we employed the two-color VUV-VUV laser pump-probe time-slice velocity-map ion imaging method to measure the relative branching ratios[C(3P0)+O(1D)]/{[C(3P0)+O(3P)]+[C(3P0)+O(1D)]}and[C(3P2)+O(1D)]/{[C(3P2)+O(3P)]+[C(3P2)+O(1D)]}in the VUV photoexcitation energy range of 108000-113200 cm^−1.Here,one tunable VUV laser beam is used to excite CO to speci c rovibronic states,and a second independently tunable VUV laser beam is used to state-selectively ionize C(3P0)and C(3P2)for detection.State-selective photoionization through the 1VUV+1UV/visible resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization scheme has greatly enhanced the detection sensitivity,which makes many new weak absorption bands observable in the current study.The branching ratio measurement shows that the spin-forbidden channels C(3P0)+O(1D)and C(3P2)+O(1D)only open at several discrete narrow energy windows.This might be caused by certain accidental resonanceenhanced spin-orbit interactions between the directly excited Rydberg states and valence states of triplet type which nally dissociate into the spin-forbidden channels.

Multi-reference calculations of the photodissociation of HSCH_3 molecule

This paper performs multi-reference second-order perturbation theory calculations on the ground state and a number of low-lying excited states of HSCH3 molecule, and calculates the vertical excitation energies and low-energy potential-energy curves, based on which the photodissociation channels of HSCH3 at 193,222,248 nm are clarified.

PHOTODISSOCIATION OF CH_3I DIMER AT 248nm

Photodissociation of CH_aI dimer at 248nm is studied on a rotatable crossed laser—molecular beam apparatus,About 93% of the available energy goes into the internal excitation,wlich is much higher than in the case of CH_3I monomer.

Femtosecond control of photoionization and photodissociation of sodium iodine molecules by laser pulse

Wave packet propagation techniques are used to find experimentally reliable laser parameters that yield optimal production. The photoionization and photodissoeiation dynamics of sodium iodine molecules are interpreted into several channels. Several frequencies are found to be suitable for Nal molecules during the photoionization and dissociation processes. Photon-dressed excited states and electron-dressed ionic continuum states facilitate the search for available laser parameters.

A collinear tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometer for infrared photodissociation spectroscopy of mass-selected ions

An apparatus based on collinear tandem time-of-flight mass spectrometer has been designed for the measurement of infrared photodissociation spectroscopy of mass-selected ions in the gas phase.The ions from a pulsed laser vaporization supersonic ion source are skimmed and mass separated by a Wiley-McLaren time-of-flight mass spectrometer.The ion of interest is mass selected,decelerated and dissociated by a tunable IR laser.The fragment and parent ions are reaccelerated and mass analyzed by the second time-of-flight mass spectrometer.A simple new assembly integrated with mass gate,deceleration and reacceleration ion optics was designed,which allows us to measure the infrared spectra of mass selected ions with high sensitivity and easy timing synchronization.

High-resolution photofragment translational spectro- scopy for the UV photodissociation of C_2H_5I

The photodissociation of ethyl iodide at 279.71, 281.73, 304.02 and 304.67 nm has been studied on our new mini-photofragment translational spectrometer with a total flight path of only 5 cm. Some vibra-tional peaks are firstly resolved in the TOF spectra of I*(2P1/2) and I(2P3/2) channels. These vibrational peaks are assigned to the excitation states (ν2 = 0, 1, 2,…) of the umbrella mode (ν2, 540 cm-1) of the photofragment C2H5, and the distribution of the vibrational states is obtained. The dissociation energy has been determined to be D0(C-I)=2.314 ± 0.03 eV. The energy partitioning of the available energy (Eavl=ET+Eint=ET+EV,R) calculated from our experimental data E int /E avl= 22.1% at 281.73 nm, 22.4% at 304.02 nm for the I* channel, and E int /E avl= 25.2% at 279.71 nm, 25.9% at 304.67 nm for the I channel, seem to be more reliable.

Elucidating the various multi-phosphorylation statuses of protein functional regions by 193-nm ultraviolet photodissociation

Ultraviolet photodissociation is a high-energy fast excitation method in mass spectrometry and has beensuccessfully applied for the elucidation of sequences and structures of biomolecules. However, its abilityto distinguish the phosphorylation sites isomers of multi-phosphopeptides has been not systematicallyinvestigated until now. A 193-nm ultraviolet laser dissociation mass spectrometry system wasestablished in this study and applied to elucidate the complex multi-phosphorylation statuses mimickingthe functional regions of Sicl, Gli3 and Tau. The numbers of matched fragment ions and phosphorylationsite-determining ions were improved on average 123% and 104%, respectively, by utilizing the ultravioletphotodissociation strategy, comparing to the typically utilized collision induced dissociation strategy.Finally. 94% phosphorylation sites within various statuses were unambiguously elucidated.

The o-chlorotoluene photodissociation at 266 nm

Based on the ab initio calculation results, the hydrogen atom transfer has been investigated. In order to explain the experimental results, a new mechanism is proposed, that is, hydrogen transfer occurs before but not after Cl atom eliminates from aromatic ring. The calculation result strongly supports this mechanism.

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION IN PHOTODISSOCIATION OF ORIENTED POLYATOMIC MOLECULES

This paper presents a general formula for the angular distribution in the direct photo-dissociation of polyatomic molecules, in which the asymmetry of the parent and fragmentmolecules, the polarization of the radiation field, the number of photons absorbed, the tran-sition dipole moment orientation, and the recoil direction have been explicitly considered.

Hexapole State-Selection and Beam Focus of Linear Triatomic Molecules

The state selection and beam focus of linear triatomic molecules （OCS, HCN, ClCN, BrCN and ICN） with doubling states in a hexapole electric field have been numerically realized. The method is based on a quantum mechanical treatment of the molecular Stark energy and a classical mechanical treatment for the molecular trajectory in the field. In linear molecules with doubling states, the second-order Stark effect can be neglected and the doubling states have the same value of J and M. The influences of the molecular properties, state energies, and the apparatus parameters such as molecular beam temperature and length of the hexapole, on the role of state selection and focus have been discussed. The method established here can be taken as a guide for hexapole experiment of orientation of polar molecules.

Interference of dissociating wave packets in the I_2 molecule driven by femtosecond laser pulses

The interference between two dissociating wave packets of the I2 molecule driven by femtosecond laser pulses is theoreticaly studied by using the time-dependent quantum wave packet method. Both the internuclear distance-and velocity-dependent density functions are calculated and discussed. It is demonstrated that the interference pattern is determined by the phase difference and the delay time between two pump pulses. With two identical pulses with a delay time of 305 fs and a FWHM of 20 fs, more interference fringes can be observed, while with two pump pulses with a delay time of 80 fs and a FWHM of 20 fs, only a few interference fringes can be observed.

Electronic Curves Crossing in Methyl Iodide by Spin-Orbit Ab Initio Calculation

An ab initio investigation of electronic curve crossing in a methyl iodide molecule is carried out using spin-orbit multiconfigurational quasidegenerate perturbation theory. The one-dimensional rigid potential curves and optimized effective curves of low-lying states, including spin-orbit coupling and relativistic effects, are calculated. The spin-orbit electronic curve crossing between ^3Qo＋ and ^1Q1, and the shadow minimum in potential energy curve of ^3Qo＋ at large internuclear distance are found in both sets of the curves according to the present calcu- lations. The crossing position is in the range of Re-1 = 0.2370 3：0.0001 nm. Comparisons with other reports are presented.

Imaging the [1+1] Two-Photon Dissociation Dynamics of Br2 + in a Cold Ion Beam

The [1+1] two-photon dissociation dynamics of mass-selected 79Br2 + has been studied in a cold ion beam using a cryogenic cylindrical ion trap velocity map imaging spectrometer. The quartet 14Σ- u;3=2 state of 79Br2 + is employed as an intermediate state to initiate resonance enhanced two-photon excitation to high-lying dissociative states in the 4.0-5.0 eV energy region above the ground rovibronic state. Total kinetic energy release (TKER) and the twodimensional recoiling velocity distributions of fragmented 79Br+ ions are measured using the technique of DC-slice velocity map imaging. Branching ratios for individual state-resolved product channels are determined from the TKER spectra. The measured photofragment angular distributions indicate that the dissociation of 79Br2 + occurs in dissociative Ω=3/2 state via ΔΩ=0 parallel transition from the 14Σ-u;3=2 intermediate state. Due to the considerable spin-orbit coupling effects in the excited states of 79Br2 +, higher-lying dissociative quartet states are likely responsible for the observed photodissociation processes.

Photostop of iodine atoms from electrically oriented ICl molecules

The dynamics of photostopping iodine atoms from electrically oriented ICI molecules was numerically studied based on their orientational probability distribution functions. Velocity distributions of the iodine atoms and their production rates were investigated for orienting electrical fields of various intensities. For the IC1 precursor beams with an initial rotational temperature of ~ 1 K, the production of the iodine atoms near zero speed will be improved by about ~ 5 times when an orienting electrical field of ~ 200 kV/cm is present. A production rate of ~ 0.5%0 is obtained for photostopped iodine atoms with speeds less than 10 m/s, which are suitable for magnetic trapping. The electrical orientation of IC1 precursors and magnetic trapping of photostopped iodine atoms in situ can be conveniently realized with a pair of charged ring magnets. With the maximal value of the trapping field being ~ 0.28 T, the largest trapping speed is ~ 7.0 m/s for the iodine atom.

Coulomb explosion of CS2 molecule under an intense femtosecond laser field

We experimentally demonstrate the Coulomb explosion process of CS_2 molecule under a near-infrared（800 nm）intense femtosecond laser field by a DC-sliced ion imaging technique. We obtain the DC-sliced images of these fragment ions S~＋, S^（2＋）, CS~＋, and CS^（2＋）by breaking one C–S bond, and assign their Coulomb explosion channels by considering their kinetic energy release and angular distribution. We also numerically simulate the dissociation dynamics of parent ions CS_2^（k＋）（k = 2–4） by a Coulomb potential approximation, and obtain the time evolution of Coulomb energy and kinetic energy release, which indicates that the dissociation time of parent ions CS_2^（k＋） decreases with the increase of the charge number k.These experimental and theoretical results can serve as a useful benchmark for those researchers who work in the related area.

Production of CH(A^2△) by multi-photon dissociation of (CH_3)_2CO, CH_3NO_2, CH_2Br_2, and CHBr_3 at 213 nm

In order to realize electrostatic Stark deceleration of CH radicals and study cold chemistry, the fifth harmonic of a YAG laser is used to prepare CH （A2△） molecules through using the multi-photon dissociation of （CH3）eCO, CH3NO2, CHzBr2, and CHBr3 at ~ 213 nm. The CH product intensity is measured by using the emission spectrum of CH （A2△→XeH）. The dependence of fluorescence intensity on laser power is studied, and the probable dissociation channels are analyzed. The relationship between the fluorescence intensity and some parameters, such as the temperature of the beam source, stagnation pressure, and the time delay between the opening of pulse valve and the photolysis laser, are also studied. The influence of three different carrier gases on CH signal intensity is investigated. The vibrational and rotational temperatures of the CH （Ae△） product are obtained by comparing experimental data with the simulated ones from the LIFBASE program.