DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY OF THE EQUILIBRATED SOLVATED ELECTRON IN ALCOHOLS

Authors
SILVA C WALHOUT PK REID PJ BARBARA PF
Citation
C. Silva et al., DETAILED INVESTIGATIONS OF THE PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY OF THE EQUILIBRATED SOLVATED ELECTRON IN ALCOHOLS, The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory, 102(28), 1998, pp. 5701-5707
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
The journal of physical chemistry. A, Molecules, spectroscopy, kinetics, environment, & general theory → ACNP
ISSN journal
10895639
Volume
102
Issue
28
Year of publication
1998
Pages
5701 - 5707
Database
ISI
SICI code
1089-5639(1998)102:28<5701:DIOTPS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Pump-probe spectroscopy of the equilibrated solvated electron in metha nol and ethanol has been studied with similar to 300 fs time resolutio n. At low pump power the observed dynamics are assigned to s --> p exc itation and subsequent relaxation of a localized solvated electron. In contrast, at high pump power, two-photon absorption apparently produc es mobile ''conduction band'' electrons, which are subsequently trappe d and relax at a remote site from the initial equi:librated electron. The two-photon excitation is also observed to induce an ultrafast prot on-transfer reaction from the solvent.