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CHEM01200604005 A. K. Pathak - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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CHAPTER 7<br />

Structure, Energetics and Spectra of CO 2 Embedded Anionic<br />

Clusters<br />

7.1. Introduction<br />

Up to chapter 6, discussions have been carried about microsolvation of various<br />

charged and neutral species in strongly polar solvent like water and less polar solvent like<br />

ammonia medium. To understand the microsolvation of solutes, studies have been carried<br />

out also in nonpolar medium like carbon dioxide and presented in this chapter. Small<br />

anionic clusters having negatively charged chromophore have considered as model<br />

systems for studying the influence of solvation on various fundamental molecular<br />

processes. 73-74 In this regard, iodine dimer radical anion (I •− 2 ) embedded in argon (Ar)<br />

and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) cluster have been studied extensively by various researchers<br />

applying both experimental and theoretical techniques. 75-79 Photo induced dissociation<br />

and recombination dynamics of these clusters have been studied by femtosecond<br />

photoelectron spectroscopy, time-resolved absorption recovery experiments and<br />

molecular dynamics simulation. Molecular electronic structure theory has also been<br />

applied to study the geometry of the solvated monomer cluster, I •− 2 .CO 2 . 48 First principle<br />

based theoretical studies is interesting in such clusters for characterizing the specific<br />

interactions between solute I •− 2 and solvent CO 2 molecules as well as between two<br />

solvent CO 2 molecules. As CO 2 molecule is having centre of symmetry, vibrational IR<br />

107

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