title: Ultrafast nuclear dynamics induced by photodetachment of Ag2- and Ag2O2-: oxygen desorption from a molecular silver surface.
abstract: Femtosecond nuclear dynamics of mass-selected neutral Ag2 and Ag2O2 clusters are investigated with the 'negative ion-to neutral-to positive ion'(NeNePo) technique. For the bare silver dimer, wave packet dynamics occurring in the neutral electronic ground state and in the first excited triplet state are observed after photodetachment from the anion with 3.05 eV photon energy. While the dynamics in the ground state lead to an oscillatory structure in the NeNePo-pump-probe spectra with a vibrational constant of 185 cm-1, the dynamics in the triplet state are assigned to a bound-free transition leading to dissociation. Photodetachment from the Ag2O2- complex results in the desorption of O2. The experimental data clearly show the influence of the desorbing oxygen ligand on the nuclear dynamics of the silver dimer inducing a red shift in the vibrational frequency and an intensity enhancement of the oscillatory signal.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-14195, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Liana D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Socaciu-Siebert
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Le Roux
authors.forename: Denisia
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Popolan
authors.forename: Mihai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaida
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vajda
authors.forename: Thorsten M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Bernhardt
authors.forename: Ludger
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wöste
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D019281:Dimerization; D008024:Ligands; D009991:Oscillometry; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D011522:Protons; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D010087:Oxides; D011522:Protons; D018030:Silver Compounds; D012834:Silver; C040225:disilver oxide; D010100:Oxygen