title: Geometries and excited-state dynamics of van der Waals dimers and higher clusters of 1-cyanonaphthalene.
abstract: Mass-selected resonant two-photon ionization and infrared-ultraviolet double-resonance spectroscopies are combined with correlated (second Moller-Plesset perturbation) quantum chemistry calculation to probe electronic spectra and ground-state geometries of the jet-cooled dimer and higher clusters of 1-cyanonaphthalene. The results indicate that the dimer and trimer have stacked geometries, consistent with the highly efficient, rapid excimer formation that follows photoexcitation of the ground-state clusters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and The Center for Laser and Optical Spectroscopy, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3601, USA.
authors.forename: Takashige
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Campos Ramos
authors.forename: Marek Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Zgierski
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Lim