Geometries and excited-state dynamics of van der Waals dimers and higher clusters of 1-cyanonaphthalene

Takashige Fujiwara; Ricardo Campos Ramos; Marek Z Zgierski; Edward C Lim

doi:10.1063/1.2141613

Geometries and excited-state dynamics of van der Waals dimers and higher clusters of 1-cyanonaphthalene

J Chem Phys. 2005 Dec 22;123(24):244306. doi: 10.1063/1.2141613.

Authors

Takashige Fujiwara¹, Ricardo Campos Ramos, Marek Z Zgierski, Edward C Lim

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and The Center for Laser and Optical Spectroscopy, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3601, USA.

PMID: 16396536
DOI: 10.1063/1.2141613

Abstract

Mass-selected resonant two-photon ionization and infrared-ultraviolet double-resonance spectroscopies are combined with correlated (second Moller-Plesset perturbation) quantum chemistry calculation to probe electronic spectra and ground-state geometries of the jet-cooled dimer and higher clusters of 1-cyanonaphthalene. The results indicate that the dimer and trimer have stacked geometries, consistent with the highly efficient, rapid excimer formation that follows photoexcitation of the ground-state clusters.