EPSRC Reference: |
GR/M83759/01 |
Title: |
A NOVEL PROBE OF MECHANISMS OF INTRAMOLECULAR VIBRATIONAL ENERGY REDISTRIBUTION |
Principal Investigator: |
Reid, Professor K. L. |
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Department: |
Sch of Chemistry |
Organisation: |
University of Nottingham |
Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
Starts: |
01 October 1999 |
Ends: |
31 December 2002 |
Value (£): |
157,184
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EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
Gas & Solution Phase Reactions |
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EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
Chemicals |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
Intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution (IVR) is of central interest in chemistry because it described energy in polyatomic molecules with consequent implications for the understanding of reaction rates & the possibility of bond-selective chemistry. An ongoing problem of fundamental importance is to understand mechanisms of IVR & and to find experimental techniques that can distinguish between possible mechanisms in a recent experiment we have demonstrated that picosecond time-resolved photoelectron angular distributions provide a sensitive probe of an evolving alignment in a polyatomic molecule & therefore are sensitive to the role of molecular rotation in IVR. In this proposal we seek to exploit this method & apply it to a number of different polyatomic molecules with a view to gaining a deeper & more general understanding of IVR processes.
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