title: Photoelectron spectroscopy of the aluminum hydride anions: AlH2(-), AlH3(-), Al2H6(-), Al3H9(-), and Al4H12(-).
abstract: We report measurements of the negative ion photoelectron spectra of the simple aluminum hydride anions: AlH2(-), AlH3(-), Al2H6(-), Al3H9(-), and Al4H12(-). From these spectra, we measured the vertical detachment energies of the anions, and we estimated the electron affinities of their neutral counterparts. Our results for AlH2(-), AlH3(-), and Al2H6(-) were also compared with previous predictions by theory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA.
authors.forename: Xinxing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Haopeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Evan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Alane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Gerd
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ganteför
authors.forename: Boggavarapu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kiran
authors.forename: Hansgeorg
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schnöckel
authors.forename: Bryan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eichhorn
authors.forename: Kit
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bowen