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Direct Observation of Charge‐Transfer Reactions in Nanoscopic Test Tubes: Self‐Ionization in HNO 3 Clusters
Author(s) -
Gebhardt Christoph R.,
Witte Thomas,
Kompa Karl L.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200390052
Subject(s) - nanoscopic scale , cluster (spacecraft) , ionization , charge (physics) , nitric acid , chemical physics , mass spectrometry , chemistry , charge exchange , analytical chemistry (journal) , phase (matter) , atomic physics , materials science , nanotechnology , inorganic chemistry , ion , organic chemistry , chromatography , physics , programming language , quantum mechanics , computer science
Cluster busting: The direct mass spectrometric observation of solution‐phase charge‐transfer reactions is demonstrated for the self‐ionization reaction of pure nitric acid by employing molecular clusters as nanoscopic test tubes (see picture).