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ArticleNature chemistry2017

Observation of electron-transfer-mediated decay in aqueous solution.

Isaak Unger, Robert Seidel, Stephan Thürmer, Marvin N Pohl, Emad F Aziz, Lorenz S Cederbaum, Eva Muchová, Petr Slavíček, Bernd Winter, Nikolai V Kryzhevoi

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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10 authors.

Isaak UngerHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Institute of Methods for Material Development, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.
Robert SeidelHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Institute of Methods for Material Development, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2613-4106
Stephan ThürmerHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Institute of Methods for Material Development, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.
Marvin N PohlHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Institute of Methods for Material Development, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.
Emad F AzizHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Institute of Methods for Material Development, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.
Lorenz S CederbaumTheoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Eva MuchováDepartment of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 5, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
Petr SlavíčekDepartment of Physical Chemistry, University of Chemistry and Technology, Technická 5, 16628 Prague, Czech Republic.
Bernd WinterHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Institute of Methods for Material Development, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.
Nikolai V KryzhevoiTheoretische Chemie, Physikalisch-Chemisches Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photoionization is at the heart of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), which gives access to important information on a sample's local chemical environment. Local and non-local electronic decay after photoionization-in which the refilling of core holes results in electron emission from either the initially ionized species or a neighbour, respectively-have been well studied. However, electron-transfer-mediated decay (ETMD), which involves the refilling of a core hole by an electron from a neighbouring species, has not yet been observed in condensed phase. Here we report the experimental observation of ETMD in an aqueous LiCl solution by detecting characteristic secondary low-energy electrons using liquid-microjet soft XPS. Experimental results are interpreted using molecular dynamics and high-level ab initio calculations. We show that both solvent molecules and counterions participate in the ETMD processes, and different ion associations have distinctive spectral fingerprints. Furthermore, ETMD spectra are sensitive to coordination numbers, ion-solvent distances and solvent arrangement.

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