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Dissociative electron attachment (DEA) is an important tool for investigating negative ion resonances. We have studied the negative ion resonances of H2 at 10 eV and 14 eV using the improved velocity slice imaging technique. We obtained…
Photostimulated electron detachment from aqueous inorganic anions is the simplest example of solvent-mediated electron transfer. Here we contrast the behavior of halide anions with that of small polyatomic anions, such as pseudohalide…
Absolute cross sections for the formation of OH- from 2-propanol (CH3CH(OH)CH3) via dissociative electron attachment (DEA) are reported in the incident electron energy range of 3.5-13 eV. Four fragment anions are observed: OH-, C2H2O-,…
Low energy electron attachment to mixed (H$_2$)$_x$/(O$_2$)$_y$ clusters and their deuterated analogues has been investigated for the first time. These experiments were carried out using liquid helium nanodroplets to form the clusters, and…
The Ni(CO)4, Cr(CO)6, Co(CO)3NO are some of the most common precursors used for the focused electron-induced deposition. Some of the compounds, even though extensively used have high requirements when it comes to handling, being explosives,…
The interaction of water with $\alpha$-alumina (i.e. $\alpha$-Al$_{2}$O$_{3}$ surfaces is important in a variety of applications and a useful model for the interaction of water with environmentally abundant aluminosilicate phases. Despite…
We present experimental results for dissociative electron attachment to acetylene near the 3 eV $^2\Pi_g$ resonance. In particular, we use an ion-momentum imaging technique to investigate the dissociation channel leading to C$_2$H$^-$…
The transfer of charges, including electrons and holes, is a key step in heterogeneous catalysis, taking part in the reduction and oxidation of adsorbate species on catalyst surfaces. In plasmonic catalysis, electrons can transfer from…
Time resolved transient absorption spectroscopy has been used to determine quantum yields for electron photodetachment in 193 nm and (where possible) 248 nm laser excitation of miscellaneous aqueous anions, including hexacyanoferrate(II),…
Associative electronic detachment (AED) between anions and neutral atoms leads to the detachment of the anion's electron resulting in the formation of a neutral molecule. It plays a key role in chemical reaction networks, like the…
We have investigated the electron attachment dynamics of uracil in water using accurate wave-function and QM/MM methods. The initial electron attached state is found to be localized on the water and mixing of electronic and nuclear degrees…
Complete dissociation dynamics of low energy electron attachment to nitrogen dioxide around 8.5 eV resonance has been studied using a velocity map imaging (VMI) spectrometer. Besides the three prominent resonant peaks at around 1.4 eV, 3.1…
Dissociative electron attachment, that is, the cleavage of chemical bonds induced by low-energy electrons, is difficult to model with standard quantum-chemical methods because the involved anions are not bound but subject to autodetachment.…
The interaction of water with Fe$_3$O$_4$(001) is studied by density functional theory (DFT) calculations including an on-site Coulomb term. For isolated molecules dissociative adsorption is strongly promoted at surface defect sites, while…
A decade ago, an electron-attachment process called interatomic Coulombic electron capture has been predicted to be possible through energy transfer to a nearby neighbor. It has been estimated to be competitive with environment-independent…
We investigate the electron transfer from a dissociatively adsorbed H2 molecule to a Au(111) surface using the first-principles methods. A fractional electron transfers from a molecule to a substrate, and potential energy increases during…
The behavior of liquid water under an electric field is a crucial phenomenon in science and engineering. However, its detailed description at a microscopic level is difficult to achieve experimentally. Here we report on the first ab initio…
Exploring the molecular fragmentation dynamics induced by low-energy electrons offers compelling insights into the complex interplay between the projectile and target. In this study, we investigate the phenomenon of dissociative electron…
The system of CH$_3$I adsorbed on submonolayer, monolayer and multilayer thin films of D$_2$O on Cu(110) has been studied by measuring the time-of-flight (TOF) distributions of the desorbing CH$_3$ fragments after photodissociation using…
Scalar-relativistic DFT-GGA has been used to study adsorption of water in molecular and dissociative configurations on delta-Plutonium (111) surface. In molecular state, water is physisorbed in an almost flat-lying orientation at a one-fold…