Interatomic or intermolecular Coulombic decay (ICD) is a nonlocal electronic decay
mechanism occurring in weakly bound matter. In an ICD process, energy released by …

This review provides a comprehensive overview of the applications of helium nanodroplets
in the study of ensembles of atoms and molecules, ie clusters and complexes. These …

Biomolecular radiation damage is largely mediated by radicals and low-energy electrons
formed by water ionization rather than by direct ionization of biomolecules. It was speculated …

In pioneering work by Cederbaum et al an excitation mechanism was proposed that occurs
only in loosely bound matter (Cederbaum et al 1997 Phys. Rev. Lett. 79 4778): it turned out …

Autoionization is an important pathway for the relaxation of electronically excited states. In
weakly bonded matter, efficient autoionization channels have been found, in which not only …

Metal centres in biomolecules are recognized as being particularly sensitive to radiation
damage by X-ray photons. This results in such molecules being both susceptible to an …

Intermolecular interactions involving aromatic rings are ubiquitous in biochemistry and they
govern the properties of many organic materials. Nevertheless, our understanding of the …

Low-energy electrons dissolved in liquid ammonia or aqueous media are powerful reducing
agents that promote challenging reduction reactions but can also cause radiation damage to …

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 …

We report the first observation of intermolecular Coulombic decay (ICD) in liquid water
following inner-valence ionization. By combining a monochromatized tabletop high …