Issue 19, 2003

Negative ion photodetachment spectroscopy of the Al3O2, Al3O3, Al4Ox, Al5Ox (x = 3–5), Al6O5, and Al7O5 clusters

Abstract

The Al3O2, Al3O3, Al4Ox, Al5Ox (x = 3–5), Al6O5, and Al7O5 clusters are studied using negative ion photoelectron spectroscopy. At 266 nm (4.661 eV) laser photodetachment wavelength the spectra of Al3O2 and Al3O3 present vibrationally resolved features. They show three electronic transitions, due to two different isomers. From Franck–Condon simulations of the Al3O2 and Al3O3 photoelectron spectra, several vibrational frequencies together with the normal coordinate changes were derived. We obtained approximate electron affinities for Al3O2 and Al3O3 using the Gaussian 2 model, and calculated isomerization energies for both the anionic and neutral geometries and the experimental adiabatic detachment energies (ADE) of bands X′ and X. The larger aluminum oxide clusters present several structureless bands which likely also result from multiple isomers. The ADEs for the larger clusters increase with size within a cluster series, with the exception of Al5O5.

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Jul 2003
Accepted
27 Aug 2003
First published
09 Sep 2003

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2003,5, 4073-4079

Negative ion photodetachment spectroscopy of the Al3O2, Al3O3, Al4Ox, Al5Ox (x = 3–5), Al6O5, and Al7O5 clusters

G. Meloni, M. J. Ferguson and D. M. Neumark, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2003, 5, 4073 DOI: 10.1039/B308119B

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