TY - JOUR
T1 - Electronic shell model contemplation of the dissociation dynamics of Al8+
T2 - A collision-induced dissociation study
AU - Ingólfsson, Oddur
AU - Takeo, Harutoshi
AU - Nonose, Shinji
N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). O.I. expresses his gratitude to NEDO for the award of a stipend.
PY - 1999/10/8
Y1 - 1999/10/8
N2 - For the collision-induced dissociation of small cationic aluminum clusters, the release of Al+ is known to dominate. An exception is Al8+, where we find the neutral atom evaporation to be energetically favorable, and to couple strongly with the Al+ release. These experimental results are discussed in the frame of the Clemenger-Nilsson electronic shell model. We find the electronic shell model to offer a consistent interpretation of the energy dependence of the dissociation dynamics of Al8+, if the crucial role of collisional deformation is taken into account.
AB - For the collision-induced dissociation of small cationic aluminum clusters, the release of Al+ is known to dominate. An exception is Al8+, where we find the neutral atom evaporation to be energetically favorable, and to couple strongly with the Al+ release. These experimental results are discussed in the frame of the Clemenger-Nilsson electronic shell model. We find the electronic shell model to offer a consistent interpretation of the energy dependence of the dissociation dynamics of Al8+, if the crucial role of collisional deformation is taken into account.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0348136326
U2 - 10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00876-3
DO - 10.1016/S0009-2614(99)00876-3
M3 - Article
SN - 0009-2614
VL - 311
SP - 421
EP - 427
JO - Chemical Physics Letters
JF - Chemical Physics Letters
IS - 6
ER -