| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K68158/01 |
| Title: |
HIGH RESOLUTION PHOTOFRAGMENT TRANSLATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY OF HYDRIDE MOLECULES AND RADICALS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Ashfold, Professor M |
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Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Bristol |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
21 March 1996 |
Ends: |
20 March 1999 |
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288,595
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| Gas & Solution Phase Reactions |
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We outline a program of research which builds on our pioneering use of the technique of H atom photofragment translational spectroscopy and is intended to provide new and detailed insights into the primary photochemistry of a wide range of molecular hydrides. We propose the first quantitative, high resolution studies of the primary photochemistry of molecules like HCN, H2O, H2S, CH4 and SiH4 at user selected wavelengths in the vacuum ultraviolet, novel investigation of the photochemistry (and thermochemistry) of hydride radicals like CH3, CH2, CH3O and CH3S, and will initiate a program of vibrationally mediated photodissociation experiments involving molecules like NH3, HCN and C2H2, and radicals like HOCO, designed to explore hitherto uncharted regions of the potential energy surface(s) of the dissociating excited state and/or to refine estimates of the various X-H bond dissociation energies.
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http://www.bris.ac.uk |