Water at charged interfaces

G Gonella, EHG Backus, Y Nagata… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The ubiquity of aqueous solutions in contact with charged surfaces and the realization that
the molecular-level details of water–surface interactions often determine interfacial functions …

Theory of electronic resonances: fundamental aspects and recent advances

TC Jagau - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Electronic resonances are states that are unstable towards loss of electrons. They play
critical roles in high-energy environments across chemistry, physics, and biology but are …

[HTML][HTML] Radiation damage by extensive local water ionization from two-step electron-transfer-mediated decay of solvated ions

G Gopakumar, I Unger, P Slavíček, U Hergenhahn… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Biomolecular radiation damage is largely mediated by radicals and low-energy electrons
formed by water ionization rather than by direct ionization of biomolecules. It was speculated …

[HTML][HTML] Accurate vertical ionization energy and work function determinations of liquid water and aqueous solutions

S Thürmer, S Malerz, F Trinter, U Hergenhahn… - Chemical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The absolute-scale electronic energetics of liquid water and aqueous solutions, both in the
bulk and at associated interfaces, are the central determiners of water-based chemistry …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on dynamics of molecules and clusters in the gas phase

H Zettergren, A Domaracka, T Schlathölter… - The European Physical …, 2021 - Springer
This roadmap article highlights recent advances, challenges and future prospects in studies
of the dynamics of molecules and clusters in the gas phase. It comprises nineteen …

Ultrafast energy transfer between π-stacked aromatic rings upon inner-valence ionization

X Ren, J Zhou, E Wang, T Yang, Z Xu, N Sisourat… - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Non-covalently bound aromatic systems are ubiquitous and govern the physicochemical
properties of various organic materials. They are important to many phenomena of biological …

Molecular growth of PANH via intermolecular Coulombic decay

S Barik, NR Behera, S Dutta, RK Kushawaha… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Nitrogen-bearing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PANHs) are ubiquitous in space. They
are considered precursors to advanced biomolecules identified in meteorites. However, their …

[HTML][HTML] Triple ionization and fragmentation of benzene trimers following ultrafast intermolecular Coulombic decay

J Zhou, X Yu, S Luo, X Xue, S Jia, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Intermolecular interactions involving aromatic rings are ubiquitous in biochemistry and they
govern the properties of many organic materials. Nevertheless, our understanding of the …

[HTML][HTML] Photoionization of the aqueous phase: clusters, droplets and liquid jets

R Signorell, B Winter - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective article reviews specific challenges associated with photoemission
spectroscopy of bulk liquid water, aqueous solutions, water droplets and water clusters. The …

[HTML][HTML] Low-energy constraints on photoelectron spectra measured from liquid water and aqueous solutions

S Malerz, F Trinter, U Hergenhahn, A Ghrist… - Physical Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We report on the effects of electron collision and indirect ionization processes, occurring at
photoexcitation and electron kinetic energies well below 30 eV, on the photoemission …