Open AccessPhotofragment Translational Spectroscopy
Author(s) -
P. Felder
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.1994.43
Subject(s) - photodissociation , spectroscopy , molecule , decomposition , chemistry , chemical physics , nanotechnology , photochemistry , materials science , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics
Photofragment translational spectroscopy (PTS) is a technique for studying the mechanisms and the dynamics of photodissociation processes under collision-free conditions. After a brief introduction to the methodology of PTS, a high-performance apparatus developed in our laboratory is described. Various applications are then presented to demonstrate the versatility of this technique. Examples include studies of the photodissociation dynamics of small molecules and the investigation of decomposition mechanisms in atmospherically important molecules.