Issue 44, 2019

On the stability of a dipole-bound state in the presence of a molecule

Abstract

Dipole-bound states (DBSs) are diffuse non-valence molecular orbitals of anions where the electron is bound by the permanent dipole moment of the neutral core. Here, an experimental study of the stability of such orbitals under the influence of a perturbing molecular alkyl chain is presented. Photodetachment action and photoelectron imaging spectroscopy of five para-substituted phenolate anions with progressively longer alkyl chains show that the DBS survives in all cases, suggesting that the perturbation of the orbital is not critical to the existence of the DBS.

Graphical abstract: On the stability of a dipole-bound state in the presence of a molecule

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Sept. 2019
Accepted
24 Okt. 2019
First published
24 Okt. 2019

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019,21, 24286-24290

On the stability of a dipole-bound state in the presence of a molecule

M. E. Castellani, C. S. Anstöter and J. R. R. Verlet, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2019, 21, 24286 DOI: 10.1039/C9CP04942H

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