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Randi PAS, Pastega DF, Bettega MHF, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, Eden S, Souza Barbosa A, Limão-Vieira P. Electronically excited states of formic acid investigated by theoretical and experimental methods. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2023; 289:122237. [PMID: 36535224 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2022.122237] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Absolute cross-section values are reported from high-resolution vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) photoabsorption measurements of gas-phase formic acid (HCOOH) in the photon energy range 4.7-10.8 eV (265-115 nm), together with quantum chemical calculations to provide vertical energies and oscillator strengths. The combination of experimental and theoretical methods has allowed a comprehensive assignment of the electronic transitions. The VUV spectrum reveals various vibronic features not previously reported in the literature, notably associated with (3pa'←10a'), (3p'a'←10a'), (3sa'←2a″) and (3pa'←2a″) Rydberg transitions. The assignment of vibrational features in the absorption bands reveal that the C=O stretching, v3'a', the H'-O-C' deformation, v5'a', the C-O stretching, v6'a', and the O=C-O' deformation, v7'a' modes are mainly active. The measured absolute photoabsorption cross sections have also been used to estimate the photolysis lifetime of HCOOH in the upper stratosphere (30-50 km), showing that solar photolysis is an important sink at altitudes above 30 km but not in the troposphere. Potential energy curves for the lowest-lying electronic excited states, as a function of the C=O coordinate, are obtained employing time dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). These calculations have shown the relevance of internal conversion from Rydberg to valence character governing the nuclear dynamics, yielding clear evidence of the rather complex multidimensional nature of the potential energy surfaces involved.
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- P A S Randi
- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- School of Physical Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
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Cheong Z, Moreira GM, Bettega MHF, Blanco F, Garcia G, Brunger MJ, White RD, Sullivan JP. A comparison of experimental and theoretical low energy positron scattering from furan. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:244303. [PMID: 33380099 DOI: 10.1063/5.0027874] [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: 01/15/2023] Open
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This paper presents a joint experimental and theoretical study of positron scattering from furan. Experimental data were measured using the low energy positron beamline located at the Australian National University and cover an energy range from 1 eV to 30 eV. Cross sections were measured for total scattering, total elastic and inelastic scattering, positronium formation, and differential elastic scattering. Two theoretical approaches are presented: the Schwinger multichannel method and the independent atom method with screening corrected additivity rule. In addition, our data are compared to corresponding electron scattering results from the same target with a number of significant differences observed and discussed.
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- Z Cheong
- Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fısica Atomica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Fısica Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld., Australia
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- Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Lozano AI, Maioli LS, Pamplona B, Romero J, Mendes M, Ferreira da Silva F, Kossoski F, Probst M, Süβ D, Bettega MHF, García G, Limão-Vieira P. Selective bond breaking of halothane induced by electron transfer in potassium collisions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:23837-23846. [PMID: 33073277 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02570d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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 present novel experimental results of negative ion formation of halothane (C2HBrClF3) upon electron transfer from hyperthermal neutral potassium atoms (K°) in the collision energy range of 8-1000 eV. The experiments were performed in a crossed molecular beam setup allowing a comprehensive analysis of the time-of-flight (TOF) mass negative ions fragmentation pattern and a detailed knowledge of the collision dynamics in the energy range investigated. Such TOF mass spectra data show that the only negative ions formed are Br-, Cl- and F-, with a strong energy dependence in the low-energy collision region, with the bromine anion being the most abundant and sole fragment at the lowest collision energy probed. In addition, potassium cation (K+) energy loss spectra in the forward scattering direction were obtained in a hemispherical energy analyser at different K° impact energies. In order to support our experimental findings, ab initio quantum chemical calculations have been performed to help interpret the role of the electronic structure of halothane. Potential energy curves were obtained along the C-X (X = Br, Cl) coordinate to lend support to the dissociation processes yielding anion formation.
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- A I Lozano
- Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
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Kiataki MB, do N Varella MT, Bettega MHF, Kossoski F. Shape Resonances and Elastic Cross Sections in Electron Scattering by CF 3Br and CF 3I. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:8660-8667. [PMID: 33050696 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c07845] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) is one of the most appealing candidates for applications in plasma-based technologies in view of its many interesting advantages when compared to more standard gases such as trifluorobromomethane (CF3Br). Low-energy electrons are prone to decomposing these molecules into reactive species, and knowledge on the collision cross sections is fundamental for modeling transport and reactivity in plasma environments. Despite many studies on electron collisions with the abovementioned molecules, there are conflicting results on the assignment of shape resonances and on the magnitudes of total cross sections. Here, we try to clarify these aspects by performing ab initio electron scattering calculations. We found integral cross sections in fair agreement with the most recent measurements, in contrast to previous reports. For each molecule, we found a σCX* resonance (antibonding between the carbon and the heavy halogen) at 1 eV in CF3Br and at ∼0 eV in CF3I. Furthermore, there are three shape resonances of σCF* character; two are degenerate and account for a broad feature around 6 eV and the other one appears around 9.5 eV. We also discuss the possible role of the degenerate resonance in dissociative electron attachment reactions, as well as the impact of the heavy halogen on the cross sections and on the shape resonances.
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- M B Kiataki
- Instituto de Fı́sica, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Departamento de Fı́sica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, Curitiba, Paraná 81531-990, Brazil
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- Instituto de Fı́sica, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fı́sica, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, Curitiba, Paraná 81531-990, Brazil
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- Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, ICR, Marseille, France
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Costa F, Álvarez L, Lozano AI, Blanco F, Oller JC, Muñoz A, Barbosa AS, Bettega MHF, Ferreira da Silva F, Limão-Vieira P, White RD, Brunger MJ, García G. Experimental and theoretical analysis for total electron scattering cross sections of benzene. J Chem Phys 2019; 151:084310. [PMID: 31470731 DOI: 10.1063/1.5116076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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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Measurements of the total electron scattering cross sections (TCSs) from benzene, in the impact energy range of 1-1000 eV, are presented here by combining two different experimental systems. The first utilizes a magnetically confined electron transmission beam for the lower energies (1-300 eV), while the second utilizes a linear transmission beam apparatus for the higher energies (100-1000 eV). These cross sections have also been calculated by means of two different theoretical methods, the Schwinger Multichannel with Pseudo Potential (SMCPP) procedure, employing two different approaches to account for the polarization of the target for impact energies between 0.1 and 15 eV, and the Independent Atom Model with the Screening Corrected Additivity Rule including Interference effect (IAM-SCAR+I) paradigm to cover the 10-10 000 eV impact energy range. The present results are compared with available theoretical and experimental data, with the level of accord being good in some cases and less satisfactory in others, and some predicted resonances have been identified. In particular, we found a π* shape resonance at 1.4 eV and another feature in the energy region 4.6-4.9 eV interpreted as a π* resonance (2B2g symmetry), which is a mixture of shape and a core excited resonance, as well as a Feshbach resonance at 5.87 eV associated with the 3s (a1g) Rydberg state. A Born-type formula to extrapolate TCS values for energies above 10 000 eV is also given. This study provides a complete set of TCS data, with uncertainty limits within 10%, ready to be used for modeling electron transport applications.
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- F Costa
- Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Estructura de la Materia Física Térmica y Electrónica, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza de Ciencias 1, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Tecnología, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Avenida Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Tecnología, Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas (CIEMAT), Avenida Complutense 22, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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da Costa RF, Ruivo JC, Kossoski F, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Jones DB, Brunger MJ, Lima MAP. An ab initio investigation for elastic and electronically inelastic electron scattering from para-benzoquinone. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:174308. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5050622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- R. F. da Costa
- Centro de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29075-910 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin”, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Mendes M, Barbosa AS, Ferreira da Silva F, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, García G, Bettega MHF, Limão-Vieira P. Probing the Lowest-Lying Electronic States of Acrylic Acid by Experimental and Theoretical Methods. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:8191-8197. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b06626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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]
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- M. Mendes
- Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná Brazil
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- Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná Brazil
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- Atomic and Molecular Collisions Laboratory, CEFITEC, Department of Physics, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Lozano AI, Oller JC, Jones DB, da Costa RF, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Ferreira da Silva F, Limão-Vieira P, Lima MAP, White RD, Brunger MJ, Blanco F, Muñoz A, García G. Total electron scattering cross sections from para-benzoquinone in the energy range 1-200 eV. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:22368-22378. [PMID: 30129642 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03297a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Total electron scattering cross sections, from para-benzoquinone, for impact energies ranging between 1 to 200 eV, have been obtained by measuring the attenuation of a linear electron beam under magnetic confinement conditions. Random uncertainty limits on these values have been found to be within 5%. Systematic errors, due to the axial magnetic beam conditions in combination with the acceptance angle of the detector, have been evaluated by integrating our calculated independent atom model with the screening corrected additivity rule and interference term elastic differential cross sections over that detection acceptance angle. Our previous calculations and measurements on this molecule (Jones et al., J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 148, 124312 and J. Chem. Phys., 2018, 148, 204305), have been compiled and complemented with new elastic and inelastic scattering cross section calculations in order to obtain a comprehensive cross section data base, within the considered energy range, for modelling purposes. The self-consistency of the present data set has been evaluated by simulating the electron transport of 15 eV electrons in para-benzoquinone, and comparing those results with the observed transmitted intensity distribution.
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- A I Lozano
- Instituto de Fisica Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, E-28006 Madrid, Spain.
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We present a comparative study on the calculated cross sections obtained for the elastic collisions of low-energy electrons with the amino acid proline (C5H9NO2) and its building block pyrrolidine (C4H9N). We employed the Schwinger multichannel method implemented with pseudopotentials to compute integral, differential, and momentum transfer cross sections in the static-exchange plus polarization approximation, for energies up to 15 eV. We report three shape resonances for proline at around 1.7 eV, 6.8 eV, and 10 eV and two shape resonances for pyrrolidine centered at 7 eV and 10.2 eV. The present resonance energies are compared with available experimental data on vertical attachment energies and dissociative electron attachment, where a good agreement is found. From the comparison of the present results with available calculated cross sections for the simplest carboxylic acid, formic acid (HCOOH), and from electronic structure calculations, we found that the first resonance of proline, at 1.7 eV, is due the presence of the carboxylic group, whereas the other two structures, at 6.8 eV and 10 eV, clearly arise from the pyrrolidine ring. A comparison between the differential cross sections for proline and pyrrolidine at some selected energies of the incident electron is also reported in this paper.
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- Alessandra Souza Barbosa
- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Tecnologia em Luteria, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 81520-260 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Jones DB, da Costa RF, Kossoski F, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, García G, Blanco F, White RD, Lima MAP, Brunger MJ. Integral elastic, vibrational-excitation, electronic-state excitation, ionization, and total cross sections for electron scattering from para-benzoquinone. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:204305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5028298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- D. B. Jones
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Centro de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29075-901 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid E-28040, Spain
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Jones DB, da Costa RF, Kossoski F, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Ferreira da Silva F, Limão-Vieira P, García G, Lima MAP, White RD, Brunger MJ. Electron-impact electronic-state excitation of para-benzoquinone. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:124312. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5023494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- D. B. Jones
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Centro de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29075-910 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Instituto de Fisica Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Jones DB, Blanco F, García G, da Costa RF, Kossoski F, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Lima MAP, White RD, Brunger MJ. Elastic scattering and vibrational excitation for electron impact onpara-benzoquinone. J Chem Phys 2017; 147:244304. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5010831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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- D. B. Jones
- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid E-28040, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serano 113-bis, E-28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-859, Brazil
- Centro de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29075-901 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-859, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, São Paulo 05508-090, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, Curitiba, Paraná 81531-990, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-859, Brazil
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- College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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Jones DB, Limão-Vieira P, Mendes M, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, da Costa RF, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Blanco F, García G, Ingólfsson O, Lima MAP, Brunger MJ. An experimental and theoretical investigation into the electronically excited states of para-benzoquinone. J Chem Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4982940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- D. B. Jones
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Centro de Ciências Exatas, Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29075-910 Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid E-28040, Spain
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- Instituto de Fisica Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-Bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Science Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Iceland, Dunhagi 3, 107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Barbosa AS, da Silva FF, Rebelo A, Hoffmann SV, Bettega MHF, Limão-Vieira P. Valence and Rydberg Excitations of 2,4- and 2,6-Difluorotoluene as Studied by Vacuum Ultraviolet Synchrotron Radiation and ab Initio Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:8998-9007. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b07815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- A. Souza Barbosa
- Departamento
de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Laboratório
de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento
de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratório
de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento
de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratório
de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento
de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- ISA,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade
120, DK-8000, Aarhus
C, Denmark
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- Departamento
de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório
de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento
de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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We report differential and integral elastic cross sections for low-energy electron collisions with CF3Cl, CF2Cl2, and CFCl3 molecules for energies ranging from 0.1 eV to 30 eV. The calculations were performed using the Schwinger multichannel method with pseudopotentials in the static-exchange and static-exchange plus polarization approximations. The influence of the permanent electric dipole moment on the cross sections was included using the Born closure scheme. A very good agreement between our calculations and the experimental results of Jones [J. Chem. Phys. 84, 813 (1986)], Mann and Linder [J. Phys. B 25, 1621 (1992); 25, 1633 (1992)] and Hoshino et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 138, 214305 (2013)] was found. We also compare our results with the calculations of Beyer et al. [Chem. Phys. 255, 1 (2000)] using the R-matrix method, where we find good agreement with respect to the location of the resonances, and with the calculations of Hoshino et al. using the independent atom method with screening corrected additivity rule, where we find qualitative agreement at energies above 20 eV. Additional electronic structure calculations were carried out in order to help in the interpretation of the scattering results. The stabilization the lowest σ(∗) resonance due to the exchange of fluorine by chlorine atoms (halogenation effect) follows a simple linear relation with the energy of the lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals and can be considered as a signature of the halogenation effect.
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- T C Freitas
- Tecnologia em Luteria, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 81520-260 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento Acadêmico de Física-PG, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Câmpus Ponta Grossa, 84016-210 Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Jones DB, da Costa RF, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Lima MAP, Blanco F, García G, Brunger MJ. Integral elastic, electronic-state, ionization, and total cross sections for electron scattering with furfural. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:144303. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4945562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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- D. B. Jones
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-859 São Paulo, Brazil
- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 29075-910, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-859 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid E-28040, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
- Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Jones DB, Neves RFC, Lopes MCA, da Costa RF, do N Varella MT, Bettega MHF, Lima MAP, García G, Limão-Vieira P, Brunger MJ. Theoretical and experimental differential cross sections for electron impact excitation of the electronic bands of furfural. J Chem Phys 2016; 144:124309. [PMID: 27036450 DOI: 10.1063/1.4944615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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
Abstract
We report results from a joint experimental and theoretical investigation into electron scattering from the important industrial species furfural (C5H4O2). Specifically, differential cross sections (DCSs) have been measured and calculated for the electron-impact excitation of the electronic states of C5H4O2. The measurements were carried out at energies in the range 20-40 eV, and for scattered-electron angles between 10° and 90°. The energy resolution of those experiments was typically ∼80 meV. Corresponding Schwinger multichannel method with pseudo-potential calculations, for energies between 6-50 eV and with and without Born-closure, were also performed for a sub-set of the excited electronic-states that were accessed in the measurements. Those calculations were undertaken at the static exchange plus polarisation-level using a minimum orbital basis for single configuration interaction (MOB-SCI) approach. Agreement between the measured and calculated DCSs was qualitatively quite good, although to obtain quantitative accord, the theory would need to incorporate even more channels into the MOB-SCI. The role of multichannel coupling on the computed electronic-state DCSs is also explored in some detail.
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- D B Jones
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Instituto Federal do Sul de Minas Gerais, Câmpus Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais 36036-900, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, São Paulo 09210-580, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, Curitiba, Paraná 81531-990, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin," Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13083-859, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Jones DB, Neves RFC, Lopes MCA, da Costa RF, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Lima MAP, García G, Blanco F, Brunger MJ. Excitation of vibrational quanta in furfural by intermediate-energy electrons. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:224304. [PMID: 26671372 DOI: 10.1063/1.4936631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
We report cross sections for electron-impact excitation of vibrational quanta in furfural, at intermediate incident electron energies (20, 30, and 40 eV). The present differential cross sections are measured over the scattered electron angular range 10°-90°, with corresponding integral cross sections subsequently being determined. Furfural is a viable plant-derived alternative to petrochemicals, being produced via low-temperature plasma treatment of biomass. Current yields, however, need to be significantly improved, possibly through modelling, with the present cross sections being an important component of such simulations. To the best of our knowledge, there are no other cross sections for vibrational excitation of furfural available in the literature, so the present data are valuable for this important molecule.
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- D B Jones
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin," Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-859 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin," Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, 13083-859 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid E-28040, Spain
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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Ferreira da Silva F, Lange E, Limão-Vieira P, Jones NC, Hoffmann SV, Hubin-Franskin MJ, Delwiche J, Brunger MJ, Neves RFC, Lopes MCA, de Oliveira EM, da Costa RF, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Blanco F, García G, Lima MAP, Jones DB. Electronic excitation of furfural as probed by high-resolution vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, and ab initio calculations. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:144308. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4932603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- F. Ferreira da Silva
- Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark
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- ISA, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, DK-8000 Århus C, Denmark
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- Départment de Chimie, Institut de Chimie-Bât. B6C, Université de Liège, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium
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- Départment de Chimie, Institut de Chimie-Bât. B6C, Université de Liège, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
- Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juíz de Fora, Juíz de Fora, MG, Brazil
- Instituto Federal do Sul de Minas Gerais, Campus Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juíz de Fora, Juíz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, 09210-580 Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, Curitiba, Paraná 81531-990, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid E-28040, Spain
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- Instituto de Fisica Fundamental, CSIC, Serrano 113-bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia
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Neves RFC, Jones DB, Lopes MCA, Nixon KL, de Oliveira EM, da Costa RF, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Lima MAP, da Silva GB, Brunger MJ. Intermediate energy electron impact excitation of composite vibrational modes in phenol. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:194302. [PMID: 26001456 DOI: 10.1063/1.4921038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
We report differential cross section results from an experimental investigation into the electron impact excitation of a number of the low-lying composite (unresolved) vibrational modes in phenol (C6H5OH). The measurements were carried out at incident electron energies in the range 15-40 eV and for scattered-electron angles in the range 10-90°. The energy resolution of those measurements was typically ∼80 meV. Calculations, using the GAMESS code, were also undertaken with a B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ level model chemistry, in order to enable us to assign vibrational modes to the features observed in our energy loss spectra. To the best of our knowledge, the present cross sections are the first to be reported for vibrational excitation of the C6H5OH molecule by electron impact.
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- R F C Neves
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física 'Gleb Wataghin,' Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, 09210-580 Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, C.P. 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física 'Gleb Wataghin,' Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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Neves RFC, Jones DB, Lopes MCA, Nixon KL, da Silva GB, Duque HV, de Oliveira EM, da Costa RF, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Lima MAP, Ratnavelu K, García G, Brunger MJ. Differential cross sections for electron impact excitation of the electronic bands of phenol. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:104305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4913825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- R. F. C. Neves
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
- Instituto Federal do Sul de Minas Gerais, Campus Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Departamento de Física, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
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- Departamento de Física, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
- Departamento de Física, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, 09210-580 Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Madrid E-28006, Spain
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia
- Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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We report on the shape resonance spectra of uracil, 5-fluorouracil, and 5-chlorouracil, as obtained from fixed-nuclei elastic scattering calculations performed with the Schwinger multichannel method with pseudopotentials. Our results are in good agreement with the available electron transmission spectroscopy data, and support the existence of three π∗ resonances in uracil and 5-fluorouracil. As expected, the anion states are more stable in the substituted molecules than in uracil. Since the stabilization is stronger in 5-chlorouracil, the lowest π∗ resonance in this system becomes a bound anion state. The present results also support the existence of a low-lying σCCl (*) shape resonance in 5-chlorouracil. Exploratory calculations performed at selected C-Cl bond lengths suggest that the σCCl (*) resonance could couple to the two lowest π∗ states, giving rise to a very rich dissociation dynamics. These facts would be compatible with the complex branching of the dissociative electron attachment cross sections, even though we cannot discuss any details of the vibration dynamics based only on the present fixed-nuclei results.
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- F Kossoski
- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 66318, 05314-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 66318, 05314-970 São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Jones DB, da Silva GB, Neves RFC, Duque HV, Chiari L, de Oliveira EM, Lopes MCA, da Costa RF, Varella MTDN, Bettega MHF, Lima MAP, Brunger MJ. An experimental and theoretical investigation into the excited electronic states of phenol. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:074314. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4893116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- D. B. Jones
- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
- Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Barra do Garças, Mato Grosso, Brazil
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
- Departamento de Física, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
- Instituto Federal do Sul de Minas Gerais, Campus Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
- Departamento de Física, UFJF, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, 09210-580 Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, CP 66318, 05315-970 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, CP 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física “Gleb Wataghin,” Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
- Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Kossoski F, Bettega MHF. Low-energy electron scattering from the aza-derivatives of pyrrole, furan, and thiophene. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:234311. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4811218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Freitas TC, Coutinho K, Varella MTDN, Lima MAP, Canuto S, Bettega MHF. Electron collisions with the HCOOH⋯(H2O)n complexes (n = 1, 2) in liquid phase: The influence of microsolvation on the π* resonance of formic acid. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:174307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4803119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Zecca A, Trainotti E, Chiari L, Bettega MHF, Sanchez SD, Varella MTDN, Lima MAP, Brunger MJ. Positron scattering from the cyclic ethers oxirane, 1,4-dioxane, and tetrahydropyran. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:124305. [PMID: 22462855 DOI: 10.1063/1.3696378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In this paper we report original measurements of total cross sections (TCSs) for positron scattering from the cyclic ethers oxirane (C(2)H(4)O), 1,4-dioxane (C(4)H(8)O(2)), and tetrahydropyran (C(5)H(10)O). The present experiments focus on the low energy range from ∼0.2 to 50 eV, with an energy resolution smaller than 300 meV. This study concludes our systematic investigation into TCSs for a class of organic compounds that can be thought of as sub-units or moieties to the nucleotides in living matter, and which as a consequence have become topical for scientists seeking to simulate particle tracks in matter. Note that as TCSs specify the mean free path between collisions in such simulations, they have enjoyed something of a recent renaissance in interest because of that application. For oxirane, we also report original Schwinger multichannel elastic integral cross section (ICS) calculations at the static and static plus polarisation levels, and with and without Born-closure that attempts to account for the permanent dipole moment of C(2)H(4)O. Those elastic ICSs are computed for the energy range 0.5-10 eV. To the best of our knowledge, there are no other experimental results or theoretical calculations against which we can compare the present positron TCSs. However, electron TCSs for oxirane (also known as ethylene oxide) and tetrahydropyran do currently exist in the literature and a comparison to them for each species will be presented.
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, Povo, I-38123 Trento, Italy
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Costa RFD, Bettega MHF, Ferreira LG, Lima MAP. Electron scattering from molecules: applications of the Schwinger multichannel method to e−–CO and e−–C2H4collisions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/88/1/012028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The authors report integral, differential and momentum transfer cross sections for elastic scattering of low-energy electrons by C(4)H(4)O (furan) molecules. Their calculations employed the Schwinger multichannel method with pseudopotentials and were performed in the static-exchange and in the static-exchange plus polarization approximations. The authors found two shape resonances located around 2.1 and 4.2 eV that belong to the B(1) and A(2) symmetries of the C(2v) group, respectively. The authors' results are consistent with recent measurements of vertical electron attachment energies.
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- Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19044, 81531-990 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
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Makochekanwa C, Kato H, Hoshino M, Bettega MHF, Lima MAP, Sueoka O, Tanaka H. Electron and positron scattering from 1,1-C2H2F2. J Chem Phys 2007; 126:164309. [PMID: 17477604 DOI: 10.1063/1.2723738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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1,1-difluoroethylene (1,1-C2H2F2) molecules have been studied for the first time experimentally and theoretically by electron and positron impact. 0.4-1000 eV electron and 0.2-1000 eV positron impact total cross sections (TCSs) were measured using a retarding potential time-of-flight apparatus. In order to probe the resonances observed in the electron TCSs, a crossed-beam method was used to investigate vibrational excitation cross sections over the energy range of 1.3-49 eV and scattering angles 90 degrees and 120 degrees for the two loss energies 0.115 and 0.381 eV corresponding to the dominant C-H (nu2 and nu9) stretching and the combined C-F (nu3) stretching and CH2 (nu11) rocking vibrations, respectively. Electron impact elastic integral cross sections are also reported for calculations carried out using the Schwinger multichannel method with pseudopotentials for the energy range from 0.5 to 50 eV in the static-exchange approximation and from 0.5 to 20 eV in the static-exchange plus polarization approximation. Resonance peaks observed centered at about 2.3, 6.5, and 16 eV in the TCSs have been shown to be mainly due to the vibrational and elastic channels, and assigned to the B2, B1, and A1 symmetries, respectively. The pi* resonance peak at 1.8 eV in C2H4 is observed shifted to 2.3 eV in 1,1-C2H2F2 and to 2.5 eV in C2F4; a phenomenon attributed to the decreasing C=C bond length from C2H4 to C2F4. For positron impact a conspicuous peak is observed below the positronium formation threshold at about 1 eV, and other less pronounced ones centered at about 5 and 20 eV.
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- C Makochekanwa
- Physics Department, Sophia University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-855, Japan.
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Makochekanwa C, Kato H, Hoshino M, Tanaka H, Kubo H, Bettega MHF, Lopes AR, Lima MAP, Ferreira LG. Experimental and theoretical elastic cross sections for electron collisions with the C3H6 isomers. J Chem Phys 2006; 124:024323. [PMID: 16422599 DOI: 10.1063/1.2141950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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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In the present work we report cross sections for electron collisions with the isomers propene (C3H6) and cyclopropane (c-C3H6). Electron-scattering differential cross sections (DCS) are reported for measurements carried out for energies 1.5-100 eV and the angular range of 20 degrees-120 degrees. Elastic integral cross sections (ECS), DCS, and momentum-transfer cross sections (MTCS) are reported for calculations carried out using the Schwinger multichannel method with pseudopotentials for the energy range of 2.0-40 eV and angular range of 0 degrees-180 degrees. The resemblance of the pi* shape resonance in the cross sections, observed at 1.5-2.0 eV for propene, to those in C2H4 and C2F4 clearly points to the effect of the double bond in the molecular structures for these molecules. Below 60 eV, we observed clear differences in peak positions and magnitudes between the DCS, ECS, and MTCS for C3H6 and c-C3H6, which we view as the isomer effect.
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- C Makochekanwa
- Physics Department, Sophia University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan.
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Bettega MHF, Lima MAP, Ferreira LG. Cross sections for collisions of low‐energy electrons with the hydrides PH3, AsH3, SbH3, SnH4, TeH2, and HI. J Chem Phys 1996. [DOI: 10.1063/1.471947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Bettega MHF, Natalense APP, Lima MAP, Ferreira LG. Calculation of elastic scattering cross sections of low‐energy electrons by PbH4 and SnH4. J Chem Phys 1995. [DOI: 10.1063/1.469840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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