Observation and Exploitation of Spin–Orbit Excited Dipole-Bound States in Ion–Molecule Clusters
Observation and Exploitation of Spin–Orbit Excited Dipole-Bound States in Ion–Molecule Clusters
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离子分子簇中自旋轨道激发偶极束缚态的观察和利用
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03309
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发表时间:
2021
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Xue-Bin Wang
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作者:
Wenjin Cao;Hanhui Zhang;Qinqin Yuan;Xiaoguo Zhou;Steven R. Kass;Xue-Bin Wang
We report an observation of spin–orbit excited dipole-bound states (DBSs) in arginine–iodide complexes (Arg·I–) by using temperature-dependent, wavelength-resolved “iodide-tagging” negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy. The observed DBSs are bound to the spin–orbit excited I(2P1/2) level of the neutral Arg·I complex in zwitterionic conformations and identified based on the resonant enhancement due to spin–orbit electronic autodetachment from the I(2P1/2) DBS to the I(2P3/2) neutral ground state. The observed DBS binding energies are correlated to the dipole moments of neutral Arg·I isomers and tautomers. This work thus demonstrates a new and generic spectroscopic approach to identify ion–molecule cluster conformations based on their distinguishable dipole moments.