Issue 44, 2017

An accidental resonance mediated predissociation pathway of water molecules excited to the electronic [C with combining tilde] state

Abstract

The predissociation dynamics of water molecules in the electronic [C with combining tilde] state were studied using the time-resolved photoelectron imaging method. Both vibrationless and vibrationally excited states in the [C with combining tilde] electronic state were studied, with an emphasis on the vibrational excitation effects on the predissociation dynamics of the [C with combining tilde] state. Besides the well-known rotationally and non-rotationally mediated predissociation pathways (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 2008, 105, 19148), an accidental resonance mediated predissociation pathway for the first bending mode excited state in the [C with combining tilde] electronic state of H2O is revealed, providing an excellent example of competition between non-adiabatic decay pathways involving at least five electronic states.

Graphical abstract: An accidental resonance mediated predissociation pathway of water molecules excited to the electronic  [[C with combining tilde]]  state

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Sep 2017
Accepted
18 Oct 2017
First published
20 Oct 2017

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017,19, 29795-29800

An accidental resonance mediated predissociation pathway of water molecules excited to the electronic [C with combining tilde] state

Z. He, D. Yang, Z. Chen, K. Yuan, D. Dai, G. Wu and X. Yang, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2017, 19, 29795 DOI: 10.1039/C7CP06286A

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