Evidence For a Water-Stabilised Ion Radical Complex: Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Calculations

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (8) ◽  
pp. 693
Author(s):  
Timothy R. Corkish ◽  
Christian T. Haakansson ◽  
Allan J. McKinley ◽  
Duncan A. Wild
Keyword(s):  
Water Molecule ◽  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Unpaired Electron ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Radical Anion ◽  
Photoelectron Spectrum ◽  
The Other ◽  
Spin Orbit ◽  
Anion Complex

A photoelectron spectrum corresponding to an unknown 174m/z anion complex has been recorded. Initially believed to be I−…CH3CH2OH (173m/z), the spectrum has been assigned as belonging to that of an I−…H2O…CH3CH2 radical anion complex. The major peaks in the photoelectron spectrum occur at 3.54eV and 4.48eV as the 2P3/2 and 2P1/2 spin-orbit states of iodine respectively. Ab initio calculations were performed in order to rationalise the existence of the complex, with all structures converging to a ‘ring-like’ geometry, with the iodide anion bound to both the water molecule as well as a hydrogen of the ethyl radical, with the other hydrogen of water bound to the unpaired electron site of the ethyl. Simulated vertical detachment energies of 3.59eV and 4.53eV were found to be in agreement with the experimental results.

The Bromide - Carbon Monoxide Gas Phase Complex: Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Calculations

2012 ◽  
Vol 65 (5) ◽  
pp. 457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim M. Lapere ◽  
Rob J. LaMacchia ◽  
Lin Hian Quak ◽  
Marcus Kettner ◽  
Stephen G. Dale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Monoxide ◽  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Van Der Waals ◽  
Van Der Waals Complexes ◽  
Neutral Radical ◽  
Anion Complex ◽  
Phase Complex ◽  
Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy

The anion photoelectron spectrum of the bromide–carbon monoxide complex is presented in combination with supporting ab initio calculations. The spectrum features transitions between anion and neutral van der Waals complexes, Br⋯CO. A stabilization energy of 0.14 ± 0.05 eV is extracted from the spectrum, while the predicted binding energy for the anion complex is 9.9 kJ mol–1 from CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ calculations. The electron affinity of the Br⋯CO complex is 3.50 ± 0.05 eV. The ab initio calculations reveal a previously unreported minimum for the neutral radical complex, namely the van der Waals Br⋯OC linear complex.

Flexible H2O2in Water: Electronic Structure from Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Calculations

2011 ◽  
Vol 115 (23) ◽  
pp. 6239-6249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephan Thürmer ◽  
Robert Seidel ◽  
Bernd Winter ◽  
Milan Ončák ◽  
Petr Slavíček
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy

scholarly journals Magnetic Properties and the Electronic Structure of the Gd0.4Tb0.6Co2 Compound

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 5481
Author(s):  
Marcin Sikora ◽  
Anna Bajorek ◽  
Artur Chrobak ◽  
Józef Deniszczyk ◽  
Grzegorz Ziółkowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Ab Initio Calculations ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Magnetic Measurements ◽  
Plane Waves ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Xps Spectra

We report on the comprehensive experimental and theoretical studies of magnetic and electronic structural properties of the Gd0.4Tb0.6Co2 compound crystallization in the cubic Laves phase (C15). We present new results and compare them to those reported earlier. The magnetic study was completed with electronic structure investigations. Based on magnetic isotherms, magnetic entropy change (ΔSM) was determined for many values of the magnetic field change (Δμ0H), which varied from 0.1 to 7 T. In each case, the ΔSM had a maximum around room temperature. The analysis of Arrott plots supplemented by a study of temperature dependency of Landau coefficients revealed that the compound undergoes a magnetic phase transition of the second type. From the M(T) dependency, the exchange integrals between rare-earth R-R (JRR), R-Co (JRCo), and Co-Co (JCoCo) atoms were evaluated within the mean-field theory approach. The electronic structure was determined using the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) method as well as by calculations using the density functional theory (DFT) based Full Potential Linearized Augmented Plane Waves (FP-LAPW) method. The comparison of results of ab initio calculations with the experimental data indicates that near TC the XPS spectrum collects excitations of electrons from Co3d states with different values of exchange splitting. The values of the magnetic moment on Co atoms determined from magnetic measurements, estimated from the XPS spectra, and results from ab initio calculations are quantitatively consistent.

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