Femtosecond electron ejection in liquid acetonitrile: Evidence for cavity electrons and solvent anions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 8855-8866

  Xia, Chungeng ^a   Peon, Jorge ^a   Kohler, Bern ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEGATIVE IONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PROBES; PUMPING (LASER); QUANTUM THEORY; RADIOLYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIMOLECULAR REACTION RATE; CAVITY ELECTRONS; EXCITED STATE ABSORPTION; FEMTOSECOND ELECTRON EJECTION; GEMINATE RECOMBINATION; LIQUID ACETONITRILE; SOLVENT ANIONS;

ACETONITRILE;

EID: 0037113099     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1513152     Document Type: Article

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