Probing chemical dynamics with negative ions.
Experiments are reviewed in which key problems in chemical dynamics are probed by experiments based on photodetachment and/or photoexcitation of negative ions. Examples include transition state spectroscopy of biomolecular reactions, spectroscopy of open shell van der Waals complexes, photodissociation of free radicals, and time-resolved dynamics in clusters. The experimental methods used in these investigations are described along with representative systems that have been studied.
Neumark
Daniel M
DM
Department of Chemistry,University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. dneumark@berkeley.edu