title: Intermediate-energy differential and integral cross sections for vibrational excitation in α-tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol.
abstract: Differential and integral cross section measurements, for incident electron energies in the 20-50 eV range, are reported for excitation of several composite vibrational modes in α-tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA). Optimisation and frequency calculations, using GAUSSIAN 09 at the B3LYP/aug-cc-pVDZ level, were also undertaken for the two most abundant conformers of THFA, with results being reported for their respective mode classifications and excitation energies. Those calculations assisted us in the experimental assignments of the composite features observed in our measured energy loss spectra. There are, to the best of our knowledge, no other experimental or theoretical data currently available in the literature against which we can compare the present results.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Duque
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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authors.lastname: Chiari
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Colisões Atómicas e Moleculares, CEFITEC, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
authors.forename: P
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authors.lastname: Limão-Vieira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid E-28040, Spain.
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authors.lastname: Blanco
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Madrid E-28006, Spain.
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authors.lastname: García
authors.affiliation: School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, 4810 Queensland, Australia.
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authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: M C A
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.
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authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Brunger