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Photoelectron spectroscopy of liquid water, some alcohols, and pure nonane in free micro jets

Faubel, Manfred, Steiner, Björn, Toennies, J. Peter·1997·The Journal of Chemical Physics

Abstract

The recently developed technique of accessing volatile liquids in a high vacuum environment by using a very thin liquid jet is implemented to carry out the first measurements of photoelectron spectra of pure liquid water, methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, 1-butanol, and benzyl alcohol as well as of liquid n-nonane. The apparatus, which consists of a commercial hemispherical (10 cm mean radius) electron analyzer and a hollow cathode discharge He I light source is described in detail and the problems of the sampling of the photoelectrons in such an environment are discussed. For water and most of the alcohols up to six different electronic bands could be resolved. The spectra of 1-butanol and n-nonane show two weakly discernable peaks from which the threshold ionization potential could be determined. A deconvolution of the photoelectron spectra is used to extract ionization potentials of individual molecular bands of molecules near the surface of the liquid and shifts of the order of 1 eV compared to the gas phase are observed. A molecular orientation for water molecules at the surface of liquid water is inferred from a comparison of the relative band strengths with the gas phase. Similar effects are also observed for some of the alcohols. The results are discussed in terms of a simple “Born-solvation” model.

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  • Development of high-vacuum-compatible liquid microjets with diameters of tens of micrometers previously enabled photoelectron spectroscopy on liquids and solutions.

    “The development of high-vacuum-compatible liquid microjets with diameters of tens of micrometers had previously enabled photoelectron spectroscopy to be performed on liquids and solutions [206].”

    From Roadmap of ultrafast x-ray atomic and molecular physics (2018) · cites this paper as [206]

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Authors
Faubel, M., Steiner, B., & Toennies, J. P.
Affiliations
Max Planck Society (DE)
Venue
The Journal of Chemical Physics
Published
1997-06-08
Volume
106
Issue
22
Pages
9013-9031
ISSN
  • 0021-9606 (ISSN-L)
  • 1089-7690
OpenAlex
W1969752528
Cited by
287
References
55
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FWCI
4.53
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
The Journal of Chemical Physics (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Surfaces, Coatings and Films › Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Atomic and Molecular Physics
Keywords
photoelectron spectroscopy, liquid water, alcohol chemistry, n-nonane, liquid-vapor interface, electronic band structure, ionization potential, methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol, n-butanol, benzyl alcohol

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