title: Direct measurement of vertical binding energy of a hydrated electron.
abstract: We present the first measurement of the vertical binding energy (VBE) of a hydrated electron in bulk water by the time-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (TRPES) of the charge-transfer-to-solvent (CTTS) reaction in aqueous NaI solution. Our best estimate of VBE is 3.27 +/- 0.10 eV for H(2)O and 3.20 +/- 0.10 eV for D(2)O.
authors.affiliation: Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Sanbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0075, Japan.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Huan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurahashi
authors.forename: Tomoya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Yoshi-ichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki