Strong impact of protonation and deprotonation on intermolecular Coulombic decay

Intermolecular Coulombic decay (ICD) is an ultrafast relaxation mechanism of a highly excited system embedded in a chemical environment. Our theoretical investigation of ammonia clusters shows that the ICD efficiency can be regulated by protonation or deprotonation. It is suggested that by varying I...

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Main Authors: Kryzhevoi, Nikolai V. (Author) , Cederbaum, Lorenz S. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: Journal of physics. Conference Series
Year: 2012, Volume: 388, Issue: 2
ISSN:1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/388/2/022042
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/388/2/022042
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Author Notes:Nikolai V. Kryzhevoi and Lorenz S. Cederbaum
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Summary:Intermolecular Coulombic decay (ICD) is an ultrafast relaxation mechanism of a highly excited system embedded in a chemical environment. Our theoretical investigation of ammonia clusters shows that the ICD efficiency can be regulated by protonation or deprotonation. It is suggested that by varying ICD rate through changing the environmental pH value a control over the relaxation dynamics can be achieved.
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ISSN:1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/388/2/022042