Site-dependent spectral shifts in core-to-pi* excitations of pyridine clusters.
Site- and element-selective core-to-pi* excitation in free pyridine clusters is investigated. The experimental results indicate the occurrence of site- and size-dependent spectral shifts in the C 1s and N 1s --> pi* excitation regime. Specifically, we observe in the C 1s regime a substantial and site-dependent redshift of the low energy slopes of the C 1s --> pi* band by 90 meV in clusters relative to the bare molecule, whereas the high energy slopes of this band remain almost unchanged. In contrast, a size-dependent blueshift of the same order of magnitude is found for the entire N 1s --> pi* band. This is distinctly different from previous results on van der Waals clusters, where exclusively redshifts in 1s --> pi* transitions are observed. The experimental results are compared to ab initio calculations, which serve to simulate the 1s --> pi*( v = 0) transitions. These results clearly indicate that the spectral shifts are primarily a result of electrostatic interactions between the molecular moieties and that an antiparallel orientation of molecular units preferably dominates in variable-size pyridine clusters.
Bradeanu
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Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan.
Kosugi
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Flesch
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Rühl
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D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D004735:Energy Transfer; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D011725:Pyridines / Q000737:chemistry*
D011725:Pyridines; D002244:Carbon; D009584:Nitrogen