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Chemistry Faculty Publications

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2015

Ground states

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Optical-Optical Double Resonance, Laser Induced Fluorescence, And Revision Of The Signs Of The Spin-Spin Constants Of The Boron Carbide (Bc) Free Radical, Fumie X. Sunahori, Ramya Nagarajan, Dennis J. Clouthier Dec 2015

Optical-Optical Double Resonance, Laser Induced Fluorescence, And Revision Of The Signs Of The Spin-Spin Constants Of The Boron Carbide (Bc) Free Radical, Fumie X. Sunahori, Ramya Nagarajan, Dennis J. Clouthier

Chemistry Faculty Publications

The cold boroncarbide free radical (BC X  4Σ) has been produced in a pulsed discharge free jet expansion using a precursor mixture of trimethylborane in high pressure argon. High resolution laser induced fluorescencespectra have been obtained for the B  4ΣX4Σ and E  4Π–X4Σ band systems of both 11BC and 10BC. An optical-optical double resonance (OODR) scheme was implemented to study the finer details of both band systems. This involved pumping a single rotational level of the B state with one laser and then …


Bh2 Revisited: New, Extensive Measurements Of Laser-Induced Fluorescence Transitions And Ab Initio Calculations Of Near-Spectroscopic Accuracy, Fumie X. Sunahori, Mohammed Gharaibeh, Dennis J. Clouthier, Riccardo Tarroni May 2015

Bh2 Revisited: New, Extensive Measurements Of Laser-Induced Fluorescence Transitions And Ab Initio Calculations Of Near-Spectroscopic Accuracy, Fumie X. Sunahori, Mohammed Gharaibeh, Dennis J. Clouthier, Riccardo Tarroni

Chemistry Faculty Publications

The spectroscopy of gas phase BH2 has not been explored experimentally since the pioneering study of Herzberg and Johns in 1967. In the present work, laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectra of the Ã2B1(Πu)-X̃2A1 band system of 11BH2, 10BH2, 11BD2, and 10BD2 have been observed for the first time. The free radicals were "synthesized" by an electric discharge through a precursor mixture of 0.5% diborane (B2H6 or B2D6) in high pressure argon at the exit of …


An Experimental And Theoretical Study Of The Electronic Spectrum Of The Hbcl Free Radical, Mohammed A. Gharaibeh, Ramya Nagarajan, Dennis J. Clouthier, Riccardo Tarroni Jan 2015

An Experimental And Theoretical Study Of The Electronic Spectrum Of The Hbcl Free Radical, Mohammed A. Gharaibeh, Ramya Nagarajan, Dennis J. Clouthier, Riccardo Tarroni

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Following our previous discovery of the spectra of the HBX (X = F, Cl, and Br) free radicals [S.-G. He, F. X. Sunahori, and D. J. Clouthier, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127, 10814 (2005)], the Ã2A″Π-X̃2A' band systems of the HBCl and DBCl free radicals have been studied in detail. The radicals have been prepared in a pulsed electric discharge jet using a precursor mixture of BCl3 and H2 or D2 in high pressure argon. Laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) and single vibronic level emission spectra have been recorded to map out the ground …