On the nature and origin of dicationic, charge-separated species formed in liquid water on X-ray irradiation

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 590-596

  Thürmer, Stephan ^a   Ončák, Milan ^b   Ottosson, Niklas ^c   Seidel, Robert ^d   Hergenhahn, Uwe ^e   Bradforth, Stephen E ^d   Slavíček, Petr ^b   Winter, Bernd ^b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PLASMAPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVALENT CATION; PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; X RAY;

CATIONS, DIVALENT; PROTONS; WATER; X-RAYS;

EID: 84879332490     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1680     Document Type: Article

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