Threshold photoionization of fluorenyl, benzhydryl, diphenylmethylene, and their dimers

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 5260-5268

  Lang, Melanie ^a   Holzmeier, Fabian ^a   Fischer, Ingo ^a   Hemberger, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC IONIZATION ENERGIES; AMINODIPHENYLMETHANE; DISSOCIATIVE PHOTOIONIZATION; FRANCK-CONDON SIMULATIONS; PHOTOELECTRON-PHOTOION COINCIDENCE; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATE; THRESHOLD PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA; VIBRATIONAL TRANSITIONS;

DIMERIZATION; PHOTOIONIZATION;

DIMERS;

EID: 84879626977     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403158z     Document Type: Article

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