Controlling product selection in the photodissociation of formaldehyde: Direct quantum dynamics from the S1 barrier

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 114, Issue 45, 2010, Pages 12016-12020

  Arauéjo, Marta ^a   Lasorne, Benjamin ^b   Magalhaes, Alexandre L ^a   Bearpark, Michael J ^c   Robb, Michael A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING RATIO; CONICAL INTERSECTION; INITIAL MOMENTUM; KEY FEATURE; NON-ADIABATIC; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRODUCT SELECTION; QUANTUM DYNAMICS; TRANSITION STATE; TRANSITION VECTORS;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FORMALDEHYDE; WAVE PACKETS;

PHOTODISSOCIATION;

EID: 78449303592     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp109549r     Document Type: Article

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