Published 1988
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Journal Article
Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy of Chemical Reactions
- Creators
- Knee, Joseph L.
- Zewail, Ahmed H.
Abstract
Ultrafast laser spectroscopy has extended reaction-dynamic studies into the picosecond and femtosecond time domain, allowing for experimental observations of transitory fragments that occur during collision or half-collision. This ability to observe molecular reactions allows real-time viewing of energy redistributions, measurements of state-to-state rates, and tests of microscopic statistical theories as prescribed by potential energy surface (PES) considerations. In this article, the focus is on unimolecular reactions. Recent advances in the studies of "oriented" bimolecular reactions and "transition states" of elementary reactions are also briefly considered.
Additional Information
© 1998 Aster Publishing Corporation. This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation (endowments DMR-852 1 191 and CHE-85 12887) and by the Airforce Office of Scientific Research (Grant No. 87-007 1). The majority of the work presented in this review on unimolecular reactions has been published in collaboration with Norbert Scherer and Lutfur Khundkar. Without their efforts and dedication to the development of the techniques, this article could not have been written. We wish to thank professors C.B. Moore and R.N. Zare for stimulating discussions and for communicating unpublished work. We also thank M. Dantus for his efforts on Figure 1.Additional details
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- 70672
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20160930-075046376
- DMR-8521191
- NSF
- CHE-8512887
- NSF
- 87-0071
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
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