This themed collection aims to highlight recent experimental and theoretical advances to unravel the connection between the initial energy transfer in interactions between isolated molecules or clusters and photons, electrons, or heavy particles (ions, atoms, molecules), and the related molecular dynamics on timescales spanning more than twenty orders of magnitude – from attoseconds to minutes and beyond. This knowledge is important for fundamental atomic and molecular physics, chemical physics and physical chemistry, and for a broad range of applications in e.g. astrophysics and -chemistry, atmospheric science, and radiation damage on the nanoscale.
Guest Edited by Professor Henning Zettergren and Dr Alicja Domaracka, this collection reviews the recent experimental and theoretical achievements that aim to understand dynamics of molecules.
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It includes:
Editorial
Molecular dynamics in the gas phase
Henning Zettergren and Alicja Domaracka
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 18529-18529. DOI: 10.1039/D4CP90102A
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Bond breaking and making in mixed clusters of fullerene and coronene molecules induced by keV-ion impact
Naemi Florin, Alicja Domaracka, Patrick Rousseau, Michael Gatchell and Henning Zettergren
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 20340-20347. DOI: 10.1039/D4CP01147C
Paper
Gas-phase formation of glycolonitrile in the interstellar medium
Luis Guerrero-Méndez, Anxo Lema-Saavedra, Elena Jiménez, Antonio Fernández-Ramos and Emilio Martínez-Núñez
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 20988-20996. DOI: 10.1039/ D3CP02379F
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Mapping the electronic transitions of protonation sites in peptides using soft X-ray action spectroscopy
Juliette Leroux and Sadia Bari et al
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 25603-25618. DOI: 10.1039/ D3CP02524A
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Ultrafast dynamics of fluorene initiated by highly intense laser fields
Melanie Schnell et al
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 20261-20272. DOI: 10.1039/D3CP05063G
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Benchmarking non-adiabatic quantum dynamics using the molecular Tully models
Sandra Gómez, Eryn Spinlove and Graham Worth
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 1829-1844. DOI: 10.1039/ D3CP03964A
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Ionic fragmentation products of benzonitrile as important intermediates in the growth of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
Daniël B. Rap, Johanna G. M. Schrauwen, Britta Redlich and Sandra Brünken
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 7296-7307. DOI: 10.1039/ D3CP05574D
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The impact of non-adiabatic effects on reaction dynamics: a study based on the adiabatic and non-adiabatic potential energy surfaces of CaH2+
Di He, Wentao Li, Quanjiang Li, Shenghui Chen, Li Wang, Yanli Liu and Meishan Wang
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2023, 25, 22744-22754. DOI: 10.1039/D3CP02416D
