Towards chemistry at absolute zero

BR Heazlewood, TP Softley - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
The prospect of cooling matter down to temperatures that are close to absolute zero raises
intriguing questions about how chemical reactivity changes under these extreme conditions …

Cold and controlled chemical reaction dynamics

J Toscano, HJ Lewandowski… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The prospect of studying state-to-state chemical reaction dynamics, with full control over all
of the reaction parameters, is becoming a reality for a small number of systems. Thanks to …

Cold Ion–Molecule Reactions in the Extreme Environment of a Coulomb Crystal

OA Krohn, HJ Lewandowski - The Journal of Physical Chemistry …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Coulomb crystals provide a unique environment in which to study ion-neutral gas-phase
reactions. In these cold, trapped ensembles, we are able to study the kinetics and dynamics …

Inverse kinetic isotope effects in the charge transfer reactions of ammonia with rare gas ions

A Tsikritea, K Park, P Bertier, J Loreau, TP Softley… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the absence of experimental data, models of complex chemical environments rely on
predicted reaction properties. Astrochemistry models, for example, typically adopt variants of …

To form or not to form a reaction complex: exploring ion–molecule reactions between C 3 H 4 isomers and Xe+ and O 2+

C Zagorec-Marks, GS Kocheril, OA Krohn, T Kieft… - Faraday …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Ion–molecule reactions are an essential contributor to the chemistry of a diverse range of
environments. While a great deal of work has been done to understand the fundamental …

Reactions of acetonitrile with trapped, translationally cold acetylene cations

OA Krohn, KJ Catani, S P. Sundar… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The reaction of the acetylene cation (C2H2+) with acetonitrile (CH3CN) is measured in a
linear Paul ion trap coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. C2H2+ and CH3CN are …

Conformational and state-specific effects in reactions of 2, 3-dibromobutadiene with Coulomb-crystallized calcium ions

A Kilaj, S Käser, J Wang, P Straňák… - Physical Chemistry …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent advances in experimental methodology enabled studies of the quantum-state-and
conformational dependence of chemical reactions under precisely controlled conditions in …

Formation of astrochemically relevant molecular ions: Reaction of translationally cold with benzene in a linear ion trap

OA Krohn, KJ Catani, HJ Lewandowski - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
The gas-phase ion-neutral reaction of CCl++ benzene (C 6 H 6) is investigated using a
linear Paul ion trap coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Low collision energies are …

[HTML][HTML] Isotope-specific reactions of acetonitrile (CH3CN) with trapped, translationally cold CCl+

OA Krohn, KJ Catani, J Greenberg… - The Journal of …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The gas-phase reaction of CCl+ with acetonitrile (CH 3 CN) is studied using a linear Paul
ion trap coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. This work builds on a previous study …

Isomer-selected ion–molecule reactions of acetylene cations with propyne and allene

PC Schmid, J Greenberg, TL Nguyen… - Physical Chemistry …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the fundamental goals of chemistry is to determine how molecular structure
influences interactions and leads to different reaction products. Studies of isomer-selected …