Chemistry within Molecular van der Waals Clusters
Abstract
A subject of great interest in recent years has been the study of the physics of weakly bound van der Waals clusters. These species have been probed in a variety of ways to gain an understanding of their formation and to determine their various physical properties. However, the study of chemical reactions within clusters is especially intriguing since clusters can conceptually bridge the disparate fields of bimolecular gas-phase reaction dynamics and solution chemistry. The ultimate goal of these studies is to obtain an understanding of the factors that govern reactions in solution but which are absent in gas phase processes. By concentrating on the chemistry within these cluster systems it is possible to directly observe how the behavior of the system changes as a function of stepwise solvation. In addition to the typical unimolecular and bimolecular gas-phase chemistry already studied within clusters, our group has recently observed the generation of new cluster product ions which cannot be explained by either of these two known processes.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 18, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA224693
Entities
People
- James F. Garvey
- M. Todd Coolbaugh
- William R. Peifer
Organizations
- University at Buffalo