Photoelectron spectroscopic study of carbon aluminum hydride cluster anions
Abstract
Numerous previously unknown carbon aluminum hydride cluster anions were generated in the gas phase, identified by time-of-flight mass spectrometry and characterized by anion photoelectron spectroscopy, revealing their electronic structure. Density functional theory calculations on the CAl5−9H− and CAl5−7H2− found that several of them possess unusually high carbon atom coordination numbers. These cluster compositions have potential as the basis for new energetic materials.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Oct 20, 2016
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.4964934
Entities
People
- Boggavarapu Kiran
- Bryan W Eichhorn
- Gerd Ganteför
- Haopeng Wang
- Kit H Bowen
- Xinxing Zhang
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Johns Hopkins University
- McNeese State University
- University of Konstanz
- University of Maryland