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Gerlach M, Schaffner D, Preitschopf T, Karaev E, Bozek J, Holzmeier F, Fischer I. X-ray induced fragmentation of fulminic acid, HCNO. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:114306. [PMID: 37721327 DOI: 10.1063/5.0167395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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The fragmentation of fulminic acid, HCNO, after excitation and ionization of core electrons was investigated using Auger-electron-photoion coincidence spectroscopy. A considerable degree of site-selectivity is observed. Ionization of the carbon and oxygen 1s electron leads to around 70% CH+ + NO+, while ionization at the central N-atom produces only 37% CH+ + NO+, but preferentially forms O+ + HCN+ and O+ + CN+. The mass-selected Auger-electron spectra show that these fragments are associated with higher binding energy final states. Furthermore, ionization of the C 1s electron leads to a higher propensity for C-H bond fission compared to O 1s ionization. Following resonant Auger-Meitner decay after 1s → 3π excitation, 12 different ionic products are formed. At the C 1s edge, the parent ion HCNO+ is significantly more stable compared to the other two edges, which we also attribute to the higher contribution of final states with low binding energies in the C 1s resonant Auger electron spectra.
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- Marius Gerlach
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Ganguly S, Gisselbrecht M, Eng-Johnsson P, Feifel R, Díaz-Tendero S, Muchová E, Milosavljević AR, Rousseau P, Maclot S. Resonant Inner-Shell Photofragmentation of Adamantane (C10H16). Molecules 2023; 28:5510. [PMID: 37513382 PMCID: PMC10384773 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28145510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Adamantane, the smallest diamondoid molecule with a symmetrical cage, contains two distinct carbon sites, CH and CH2. The ionization/excitation of the molecule leads to the cage opening and strong structural reorganization. While theoretical predictions suggest that the carbon site CH primarily causes the cage opening, the role of the other CH2 site remains unclear. In this study, we used advanced experimental Auger electron-ion coincidence techniques and theoretical calculations to investigate the fragmentation dynamics of adamantane after resonant inner-shell photoexcitation. Our results demonstrate that some fragmentation channels exhibit site-sensitivity of the initial core-hole location, indicating that different carbon site excitations could lead to unique cage opening mechanisms.
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- Smita Ganguly
- Department of Physics, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovagen 6 B, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemistry (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 5, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Normandie University, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP, 14000 Caen, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovagen 6 B, 41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
- Institut Lumiere Matiere UMR 5306, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Univ. Lyon, 69100 Villeurbanne, France
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Bolognesi P, Avaldi L. Photoelectron-photoion(s) coincidence studies of molecules of biological interest. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:22356-22370. [PMID: 36124990 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp03079a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Photoelectron-photoion(s) coincidence, PEPICO, experiments with synchrotron radiation have become one of the most powerful tools to investigate dissociative photoionization thanks to their selectivity. In this paper their application to the study of molecular species of biological interest in the gas phase is reviewed. Some applications of PEPICO to the study of potential radiosensitizers, amino acids and small peptides and opportunities offered by the advent of novel methods for the production of beams of these molecules are discussed.
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- P Bolognesi
- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, CP 10 00015 Monterotondo Scalo, Italy.
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, CP 10 00015 Monterotondo Scalo, Italy.
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Salen P, Schio L, Richter R, Alagia M, Stranges S, Falcinelli S, Zhaunerchyk V. Electronic state influence on selective bond breaking of core-excited nitrosyl chloride (ClNO). J Chem Phys 2022; 157:124306. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0106642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The potential for selective bond breaking of a small molecule was investigated with electron-spectroscopy and electron-ion coincidence experiments on ClNO. The electron spectra were measured upon direct valence photo-ionization and upon resonant core-excitation at the N 1s- and O 1s-edges followed by emission of resonant Auger (RA) electrons. The RA spectra were analyzed with particular emphasis on the assignment of the participator and spectator states. The latter are of special relevance for investigations of how distinct electronic configurations influence selective bond breaking. The electron-ion coincidence measurements provided branching fractions of the produced ion-fragments as a function of electron binding energy. It explicitly demonstrates the influence of the final electronic states created after the photo-ionization and RA decay, on the fragmentation. In particular, we observe a significantly different branching fraction for spectator states compared with participator states. The bonds broken for the spectator states are also found to correlate with the anti-bonding character of the spectator-electron orbital.
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- Peter Salen
- Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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- IOM CNR Laboratorio TASC, 34012 Trieste, Italy
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- Chemistry and Technologies of Drugs, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg Department of Physics, Sweden
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Chiarinelli J, Barreiro-Lage D, Bolognesi P, RICHTER R, Zettergren H, Stockett MH, Díaz-Tendero S, Avaldi L. Electron and ion spectroscopy of the cyclo-alanine-alanine dipeptide. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:5855-5867. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05811h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The VUV photoionisation and photofragmentation of cyclo-alanine-alanine (cAA) has been studiedin a joint experimental and theoretical work. The photoelectron spectrum and the photoelectron-photoion coincidence (PEPICO) measurements, which enable a control...
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Coutinho LH, de A Ribeiro F, Tenorio BNC, Coriani S, Dos Santos ACF, Nicolas C, Milosavljevic AR, Bozek JD, Wolff W. NEXAFS and MS-AES spectroscopy of the C 1s and Cl 2p excitation and ionization of chlorobenzene: Production of dicationic species. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:27484-27497. [PMID: 34873605 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03121j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report on single- and double-charge photofragment formation by synchrotron radiation, following C 1s core excitation and ionization and Cl 2p inner excitation and ionization of chlorobenzene, C6H5Cl. From a comparison of experimental near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectra and theoretical ab initio calculations, the nature of various core and inner shell transitions of the molecule and pure atomic features were identified. To shed light on the normal Auger processes following excitation or ionization of the molecule at the Cl 2p or C 1s sites, we addressed the induced ionic species formation. With energy resolved electron spectra and ion time-of-flight spectra coincidence measurements, the ionic species were correlated with binding energy regions and initial states of vacancies. We explored the formation of the molecular dication C6H5Cl2+, the analogue benzene dication C6H42+, and the singly charged species produced by single loss of a carbon atom, C5HnCl+. The appearance and intensities of the spectral features associated with these ionic species are shown to be strongly site selective and dependent on the energy ranges of the Auger electron emission. Unexpected intensities for the analogue double charged benzene C6H42+ ion were observed with fast Auger electrons. The transitions leading to C6H5Cl2+ were identified from the binding energy representation of high resolution electron energy spectra. Most C6H5Cl2+ ions decay into two singly charged moieties, but intermediate channels are opened leading to other heavy dicationic species, C6H42+ and C6H4Cl2+, the channel leading to the first of these being much more favored than the other.
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- Lúcia H Coutinho
- Physics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-972, Brazil.
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, 2800, Denmark
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- Physics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-972, Brazil.
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91192, France
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- Physics Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-972, Brazil.
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Pihlava L, Niskanen J, Kooser K, Stråhlman C, Maclot S, Kivimäki A, Kukk E. Photodissociation dynamics of halogenated aromatic molecules: the case of core-ionized tetrabromothiophene. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:21249-21261. [PMID: 34542547 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp03097c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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We studied the gas-phase photodissociation of a fully halogenated aromatic molecule, tetrabromothiophene, upon core-shell ionization by using synchrotron radiation and energy-resolved multiparticle coincidence spectroscopy. Photodynamics was initiated by the selective soft X-ray ionization of three elements - C, S, and Br - leading to the formation of dicationic states by Auger decay. From a detailed study of photodissociation upon Br 3d ionization, we formulate a general fragmentation scheme, where dissociation into neutral fragments and a pair of cations prevails, but dicationic species are also produced. We conclude that dicationic tetrabromothiophene typically undergoes deferred charge separation (with one of the ions being often Br+) that may be followed by secondary dissociation steps, depending on the available internal energy of the parent dication. Observations suggest that the ejection of neutral bromine atoms as the first step of deferred charge separation is a prevailing feature in dicationic dissociation, although sometimes in this step the C-Br bonds appear to remain intact and the thiophene ring is broken instead. Ionization-site-specific effects are observed particularly in doubly charged fragments and as large differences in the yields of the intact parent dication. We interpret these effects, using first-principles calculations and molecular dynamics simulations of core-hole states, as likely caused by the geometry changes during the core-hole lifetime.
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- Lassi Pihlava
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland. .,Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, EE-50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Materials Science and Applied Mathematics, Malmö University, SE-20506 Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Gothenburg University, Box 100, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.,Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu, FI-90570 Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku, FI-20014 Turku, Finland.
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Barreiro-Lage D, Bolognesi P, Chiarinelli J, Richter R, Zettergren H, Stockett MH, Carlini L, Diaz-Tendero S, Avaldi L. "Smart Decomposition" of Cyclic Alanine-Alanine Dipeptide by VUV Radiation: A Seed for the Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Species. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:7379-7386. [PMID: 34324354 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A combined experimental and theoretical study shows how the interaction of VUV radiation with cyclo-(alanine-alanine), one of the 2,5-diketopiperazines (DKPs), produces reactive oxazolidinone intermediates. The theoretical simulations reveal that the interaction of these intermediates with other neutral and charged fragments, released in the molecular decomposition, leads either to the reconstruction of the cyclic dipeptide or to the formation of longer linear peptide chains. These results may explain how DKPs could have, on one hand, survived hostile chemical environments and, on the other, provided the seed for amino acid polymerization. Shedding light on the mechanisms of production of such prebiotic building blocks is of paramount importance to understanding the abiotic synthesis of relevant biologically active compounds.
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- Darío Barreiro-Lage
- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Se-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemical Science (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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Tenorio BNC, Oliveira RR, Coriani S. Insights on the site-selective fragmentation of CF2Cl2 and CH2Cl2 at the chlorine K-edge from ab initio calculations. Chem Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2021.111226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Mendes M, Kossoski F, Lozano AI, Pereira-da-Silva J, Rodrigues R, Ameixa J, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, Ferreira da Silva F. Excited States of Bromopyrimidines Probed by VUV Photoabsorption Spectroscopy and Theoretical Calculations. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:6460. [PMID: 34208711 PMCID: PMC8235550 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22126460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We report absolute photoabsorption cross sections for gas-phase 2- and 5-bromopyrimidine in the 3.7-10.8 eV energy range, in a joint theoretical and experimental study. The measurements were carried out using high-resolution vacuum ultraviolet synchrotron radiation, with quantum chemical calculations performed through the nuclear ensemble approach in combination with time-dependent density functional theory, along with additional Franck-Condon Herzberg-Teller calculations for the first absorption band (3.7-4.6 eV). The cross sections of both bromopyrimidines are very similar below 7.3 eV, deviating more substantially from each other at higher energies. In the 7.3-9.0 eV range where the maximum cross-section is found, a single and broad band is observed for 5-bromopyrimidine, while more discernible features appear in the case of 2-bromopyrimidine. Several π* ← π transitions account for the most intense bands, while weaker ones are assigned to transitions involving the nitrogen and bromine lone pairs, the antibonding σ*Br orbital, and the lower-lying Rydberg states. A detailed comparison with the available photo-absorption data of bromobenzene is also reported. We have found significant differences regarding the main absorption band, which is more peaked in bromobenzene, becoming broader and shifting to higher energies in both bromopyrimidines. In addition, there is a significant suppression of vibrational structures and of Rydberg states in the pair of isomers, most noticeably for 2-bromopyrimidine.
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- Mónica Mendes
- CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (A.I.L.); (J.P.-d.-S.); (R.R.); (J.A.); (F.F.d.S.)
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques (UMR 5626), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, CEDEX 09, 31062 Toulouse, France
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- CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (A.I.L.); (J.P.-d.-S.); (R.R.); (J.A.); (F.F.d.S.)
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- CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (A.I.L.); (J.P.-d.-S.); (R.R.); (J.A.); (F.F.d.S.)
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- CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (A.I.L.); (J.P.-d.-S.); (R.R.); (J.A.); (F.F.d.S.)
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- CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (A.I.L.); (J.P.-d.-S.); (R.R.); (J.A.); (F.F.d.S.)
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; (N.C.J.); (S.V.H.)
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark; (N.C.J.); (S.V.H.)
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- CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, NOVA School of Science and Technology, FCT NOVA, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; (A.I.L.); (J.P.-d.-S.); (R.R.); (J.A.); (F.F.d.S.)
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Wang X, Rathnachalam S, Bijlsma K, Li W, Hoekstra R, Kubin M, Timm M, von Issendorff B, Zamudio-Bayer V, Lau JT, Faraji S, Schlathölter T. Site-selective soft X-ray absorption as a tool to study protonation and electronic structure of gas-phase DNA. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:11900-11906. [PMID: 33997879 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01014j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The conformation and the electronic structure of gas-phase oligonucleotides depends strongly on the protonation site. 5'-d(FUAG) can either be protonated at the A-N1 or at the G-N7 position. We have stored protonated 5'-d(FUAG) cations in a cryogenic ion trap held at about 20 K. To identify the protonation site and the corresponding electronic structure, we have employed soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy at the nitrogen K-edge. The obtained spectra were interpreted by comparison to time-dependent density functional theory calculations using a short-range exchange correlation functional. Despite the fact that guanine has a significantly higher proton affinity than adenine, the agreement between experiment and theory is better for the A-N1 protonated system. Furthermore, an inverse site sensitivity is observed in which the yield of the nucleobase fragments that contain the absorption site appears substantially reduced, which could be explained by non-statistical fragmentation processes, localized on the photoabsorbing nucleobase.
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- Xin Wang
- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany and Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Gerlach M, Fantuzzi F, Wohlfart L, Kopp K, Engels B, Bozek J, Nicolas C, Mayer D, Gühr M, Holzmeier F, Fischer I. Fragmentation of isocyanic acid, HNCO, following core excitation and ionization. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:114302. [PMID: 33752348 DOI: 10.1063/5.0044506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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We report a study on the fragmentation of core-ionized and core-excited isocyanic acid, HNCO, using Auger-electron/photoion coincidence spectroscopy. Site-selectivity is observed both for normal and resonant Auger electron decay. Oxygen 1s ionization leads to the CO+ + NH+ ion pairs, while nitrogen 1s ionization results in three-body dissociation and an efficient fragmentation of the H-N bond in the dication. Upon 1s → 10a' resonant excitation, clear differences between O and N sites are discernible as well. In both cases, the correlation between the dissociation channel and the binding energy of the normal Auger electrons indicates that the fragmentation pattern is governed by the excess energy available in the final ionic state. High-level multireference calculations suggest pathways to the formation of the fragment ions NO+ and HCO+, which are observed although the parent compound contains neither N-O nor H-C bonds. This work contributes to the goal to achieve and understand site-selective fragmentation upon ionization and excitation of molecules with soft x-ray radiation.
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- Marius Gerlach
- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, 14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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Erdmann E, Aguirre NF, Indrajith S, Chiarinelli J, Domaracka A, Rousseau P, Huber BA, Bolognesi P, Richter R, Avaldi L, Díaz-Tendero S, Alcamí M, Łabuda M. A general approach to study molecular fragmentation and energy redistribution after an ionizing event. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:1859-1867. [PMID: 33439170 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04890a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We propose to combine quantum chemical calculations, statistical mechanical methods, and photoionization and particle collision experiments to unravel the redistribution of internal energy of the furan cation and its dissociation pathways. This approach successfully reproduces the relative intensity of the different fragments as a function of the internal energy of the system in photoelectron-photoion coincidence experiments and the different mass spectra obtained when ions ranging from Ar+ to Xe25+ or electrons are used in collision experiments. It provides deep insights into the redistribution of the internal energy in the ionized molecule and its influence on the dissociation pathways and resulting charged fragments. The present pilot study demonstrates the efficiency of a statistical exchange of excitation energy among various degrees of freedom of the molecule and proves that the proposed approach is mature to be extended to more complex systems.
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- Ewa Erdmann
- Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Casavola AR, Cartoni A, Castrovilli MC, Borocci S, Bolognesi P, Chiarinelli J, Catone D, Avaldi L. VUV Photofragmentation of Chloroiodomethane: The Iso-CH 2I-Cl and Iso-CH 2Cl-I Radical Cation Formation. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:7491-7499. [PMID: 32786965 PMCID: PMC8010789 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c05754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dihalomethanes
XCH2Y (X and Y = F, Cl, Br, and I) are a class of compounds
involved in several processes leading to the release of halogen atoms,
ozone consumption, and aerosol particle formation. Neutral dihalomethanes
have been largely studied, but chemical physics properties and processes
involving their radical ions, like the pathways of their decomposition,
have not been completely investigated. In this work the photodissociation
dynamics of the ClCH2I molecule has been explored in the
photon energy range 9–21 eV using both VUV rare gas discharge
lamps and synchrotron radiation. The experiments show that, among
the different fragment ions, CH2I+ and CH2Cl+, which correspond to the Cl- and I-losses,
respectively, play a dominant role. The experimental ionization energy
of ClCH2I and the appearance energies of the CH2I+ and CH2Cl+ ions are in agreement
with the theoretical results obtained at the MP2/CCSD(T) level of
theory. Computational investigations have been also performed to study
the isomerization of geminal [ClCH2I]•+ into the iso-chloroiodomethane isomers: [CH2I–Cl]•+ and [CH2Cl–I]•+.
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- Anna Rita Casavola
- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy.,Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Department for Innovation in Biological, Agrofood and Forest Systems, University of Tuscia, Viterbo 01100, Italy.,Institute for Biological Systems-CNR (ISB-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria, Km 29.500,, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Tor Vergata, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Structure of Matter-CNR (ISM-CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Via Salaria km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Italy
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Schwob L, Dörner S, Atak K, Schubert K, Timm M, Bülow C, Zamudio-Bayer V, von Issendorff B, Lau JT, Techert S, Bari S. Site-Selective Dissociation upon Sulfur L-Edge X-ray Absorption in a Gas-Phase Protonated Peptide. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:1215-1221. [PMID: 31978303 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c00041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Site-selective dissociation induced by core photoexcitation of biomolecules is of key importance for the understanding of radiation damage processes and dynamics and for its promising use as "chemical scissors" in various applications. However, identifying products of site-selective dissociation in large molecules is challenging at the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen edges because of the high recurrence of these atoms and related chemical groups. In this paper, we present the observation of site-selective dissociation at the sulfur L-edge in the gas-phase peptide methionine enkephalin, which contains only a single sulfur atom. Near-edge X-ray absorption mass spectrometry has revealed that the resonant S 2p → σ*C-S excitation of the sulfur contained in the methionine side chain leads to site-selective dissociation, which is not the case after core ionization above the sulfur L-edge. The prospects of such results for the study of charge dynamics in biomolecular systems are discussed.
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- Lucas Schwob
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestrasse 85 , 22607 Hamburg , Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestrasse 85 , 22607 Hamburg , Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestrasse 85 , 22607 Hamburg , Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestrasse 85 , 22607 Hamburg , Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie , Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie , Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15 , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie , Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie , Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15 , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie , Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie , Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15 , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Physikalisches Institut , Universität Freiburg , Hermann-Herder-Straße 3 , 79104 Freiburg , Germany
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- Abteilung für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie , Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie , Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15 , 12489 Berlin , Germany
- Physikalisches Institut , Universität Freiburg , Hermann-Herder-Straße 3 , 79104 Freiburg , Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestrasse 85 , 22607 Hamburg , Germany
- Institute of X-ray Physics , University of Göttingen , Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestrasse 85 , 22607 Hamburg , Germany
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Bolognesi P, Carravetta V, Sementa L, Barcaro G, Monti S, Manjari Mishra P, Cartoni A, Castrovilli MC, Chiarinelli J, Tosic S, Marinkovic BP, Richter R, Avaldi L. Core Shell Investigation of 2-nitroimidazole. Front Chem 2019; 7:151. [PMID: 31001511 PMCID: PMC6454003 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Tunability and selectivity of synchrotron radiation have been used to study the excitation and ionization of 2-nitroimidazole at the C, N, and O K-edges. The combination of a set of different measurements (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, near-edge photoabsorption spectroscopy, Resonant Auger electron spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry) and computational modeling have successfully disclosed local effects due to the chemical environment on both excitation/ionization and fragmentation of the molecule.
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- Paola Bolognesi
- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Montelibretti, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto per i Processi Chimico Fisici, Pisa, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Chimica dei Composti Organo Metallici, Pisa, Italy
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- Stored and Cooled Ions Division, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Montelibretti, Italy.,Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Montelibretti, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Montelibretti, Italy.,Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi di Roma 3, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Area Science Park, Trieste, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Montelibretti, Italy
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Chiarinelli J, Markus P, Bolognesi P, Avaldi L, Turco Liveri V, Calandra P. Photo-fragmentation of alkyl phosphates in the gas-phase. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2018.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cartoni A, Casavola AR, Bolognesi P, Castrovilli MC, Catone D, Chiarinelli J, Richter R, Avaldi L. Insights into 2- and 4(5)-Nitroimidazole Decomposition into Relevant Ions and Molecules Induced by VUV Ionization. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:4031-4041. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b01144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- A. Cartoni
- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, via Salaria Km 29,300, Monterotondo Scalo (RM), 00016, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, via Salaria Km 29,300, Monterotondo Scalo (RM), 00016, Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, via Salaria Km 29,300, Monterotondo Scalo (RM), 00016, Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, via Salaria Km 29,300, Monterotondo Scalo (RM), 00016, Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 2, via del Fosso del Cavaliere 10, 00133, Roma, Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, via Salaria Km 29,300, Monterotondo Scalo (RM), 00016, Italy
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- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste, Area Science
Park, 34149, Basovizza, Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto di Struttura della Materia (ISM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, via Salaria Km 29,300, Monterotondo Scalo (RM), 00016, Italy
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Inhester L, Oostenrijk B, Patanen M, Kokkonen E, Southworth SH, Bostedt C, Travnikova O, Marchenko T, Son SK, Santra R, Simon M, Young L, Sorensen SL. Chemical Understanding of the Limited Site-Specificity in Molecular Inner-Shell Photofragmentation. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:1156-1163. [PMID: 29444399 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b03235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In many cases fragmentation of molecules upon inner-shell ionization is very unspecific with respect to the initially localized ionization site. Often this finding is interpreted in terms of an equilibration of internal energy into vibrational degrees of freedom after Auger decay. We investigate the X-ray photofragmentation of ethyl trifluoroacetate upon core electron ionization at environmentally distinct carbon sites using photoelectron-photoion-photoion coincidence measurements and ab initio electronic structure calculations. For all four carbon ionization sites, the Auger decay weakens the same bonds and transfers the two charges to opposite ends of the molecule, which leads to a rapid dissociation into three fragments, followed by further fragmentation steps. The lack of site specificity is attributed to the character of the dicationic electronic states after Auger decay instead of a fast equilibration of internal energy.
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- Ludger Inhester
- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY , Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging , Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Lund University , Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Faculty of Science, Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu , Box 3000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Faculty of Science, Nano and Molecular Systems Research Unit, University of Oulu , Box 3000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Physics, Northwestern University , 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR , F-75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR , F-75005 Paris, France
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY , Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging , Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY , Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging , Luruper Chaussee 149, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, University of Hamburg , Jungiusstrasse 9, 20355 Hamburg, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR , F-75005 Paris, France
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
- Department of Physics and James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago , Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Department of Physics, Lund University , Box 118, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Chiarinelli J, Bolognesi P, Domaracka A, Rousseau P, Castrovilli MC, Richter R, Chatterjee S, Wang F, Avaldi L. Insights into the dissociative ionization of glycine by PEPICO experiments. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:22841-22848. [PMID: 30151535 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03473g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The fragmentation of glycine (NH2CH2COOH) has been studied by photoelectron–photoion coincidence, PEPICO, experiments at 60 eV photon energy.
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- Jacopo Chiarinelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università di Roma Tre
- Roma
- Italy
- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1
- Monterotondo Scalo
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1
- Monterotondo Scalo
- Italy
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP
- 14000 Caen
- France
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- Normandie Univ, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CEA, CNRS, CIMAP
- 14000 Caen
- France
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- Molecular Modelling Discovery Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology
- Faculty of Science, Engineering and Technology, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne
- Vic 3122
- Australia
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Strada Statale 14-km 163.5
- Basovizza
- Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1
- Monterotondo Scalo
- Italy
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Bolognesi P, Casavola AR, Cartoni A, Richter R, Markus P, Borocci S, Chiarinelli J, Tošić S, Sa’adeh H, Masič M, Marinković B, Prince K, Avaldi L. Communication: “Position” does matter: The photofragmentation of the nitroimidazole isomers. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:191102. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4967770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- P. Bolognesi
- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma1, Monterotondo, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma1, Monterotondo, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma1, Monterotondo, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Basovizza, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma1, Monterotondo, Italy
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- Dipartimento per l’Innovazione nei Sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università della Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma1, Monterotondo, Italy
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- Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Department of Physics, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
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- School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Basovizza, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma1, Monterotondo, Italy
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Maclot S, Delaunay R, Piekarski DG, Domaracka A, Huber BA, Adoui L, Martín F, Alcamí M, Avaldi L, Bolognesi P, Díaz-Tendero S, Rousseau P. Determination of Energy-Transfer Distributions in Ionizing Ion-Molecule Collisions. Phys Rev Lett 2016; 117:073201. [PMID: 27563959 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.073201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The ionization and fragmentation of the nucleoside thymidine in the gas phase has been investigated by combining ion collision with state-selected photoionization experiments and quantum chemistry calculations. The comparison between the mass spectra measured in both types of experiments allows us to accurately determine the distribution of the energy deposited in the ionized molecule as a result of the collision. The relation of two experimental techniques and theory shows a strong correlation between the excited states of the ionized molecule with the computed dissociation pathways, as well as with charge localization or delocalization.
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- S Maclot
- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEANanociencia), Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencias (IMDEANanociencia), Cantoblanco 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy
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- CNR-Istituto di Struttura della Materia, Area della Ricerca di Roma 1, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Normandie Université-CIMAP, UMR 6252 CEA/CNRS/ENSICAEN/UNICAEN, Boulevard Henri Becquerel, BP 5133-14070 Caen cedex 5, France
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