Gas Phase Ion Chemistry

加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的Michael Bowers教授将研究有机金属和簇离子体系的结构、能量学和反应机制。将获得金属配体的键强度以及光解动力学数据。新开发的离子结构色谱和电子态色谱技术也将用于获取结构和键能信息。众所周知，离子-分子反应对于确定地球大气层外层的组成以及控制星际云、火焰、等离子体和放电的化学性质是很重要的。离子-分子相互作用过程的研究对于理解气态或凝聚态的团簇形成也很重要。该项目将研究各种结构和动力过程，这将有助于对许多这些现象的基本理解。

In this project in the Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Professor Michael Bowers of the University of California, Santa Barbara, will study the structure, energetics, and reaction mechanisms of organometallic and cluster ionic systems. Metal-ligand bond strengths will be obtained as well as photodissociation dynamics data. The newly developed techniques of Ion Structural Chromatography and Electronic State Chromatography will also be used to obtain structural and bond-energy information. %%% Ion-molecule reactions are known to be important in defining the composition of the outer part of the earth's atmosphere as well as in controlling the chemistry of interstellar clouds, flames, plasmas, and discharges. An investigation of the processes involved in ion-molecule interactions may also be important for understanding cluster formation in gaseous or condensed phases. This project will study a variety of structural and dynamical processes which will aid in a fundamental understanding of many of these phenomena.