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Ashworth, Eleanor K., Anstöter, Cate S., Verlet, Jan R. R. and Bull, James N. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0953-1716
(2021)
Autodetachment dynamics of 2-naphthoxide and implications for astrophysical anion abundance.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23 (10).
pp. 5817-5823.
ISSN 1463-9076
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Abstract
Astrochemical modelling has proposed that 10% or more of interstellar carbon could be tied up as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecules. Developing reliable models of the interstellar carbon lifecycle requires calibration data obtained through laboratory studies on relevant chemical and physical processes, including on the photo-induced and electron-induced dynamics of potential interstellar PAHs. Here, the excited state dynamics of the S 1(ππ*) state of 2-naphthoxide are investigated using frequency-, angle-, and time-resolved photoelectron imaging. Frequency-resolved photoelectron spectra taken over the S 1(ππ*) band reveal low electron kinetic energy structure consistent with an indirect, vibrational mode-specific electron detachment mechanism. Time-resolved photoelectron imaging using a pump photon energy tuned to the 0-0 transition of the S 1(ππ*) band (hν= 2.70 eV) and a non-resonant probe photon provides the excited state autodetachment lifetime atτ= 130 ± 10 fs. There is no evidence for internal conversion to the ground electronic state or a dipole-bound state. These results imply that 2-naphthoxide has no resilience to photodestruction through the absorption of visible radiation resonant with the S 1(ππ*) band, and that electron capture by the S 1(ππ*) state, which is formally a shape resonance, is not a doorway state to a stable interstellar anion.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Chemistry |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Chemistry of Light and Energy Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Centre for Photonics and Quantum Science |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2021 00:57 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2023 13:48 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/79394 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/D1CP00261A |
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