The sudden vector projection model for reactivity: Mode specificity and bond selectivity made simple

H Guo, B Jiang - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2014 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Mode specificity is defined by the differences in reactivity due to excitations in
various reactant modes, while bond selectivity refers to selective bond breaking in a …

State-resolved probes of methane dissociation dynamics

LBF Juurlink, DR Killelea, AL Utz - Progress in Surface Science, 2009 - Elsevier
A new generation of experimental techniques quantifies the gas–surface reactivity of
polyatomic reactants prepared in a single quantum state. These experiments eliminate …

Do Vibrational Excitations of CHD3 Preferentially Promote Reactivity Toward the Chlorine Atom?

S Yan, YT Wu, B Zhang, XF Yue, K Liu - Science, 2007 - science.org
The influence of vibrational excitation on chemical reaction dynamics is well understood in
triatomic reactions, but the multiple modes in larger systems complicate efforts toward the …

Relative efficacy of vibrational vs. translational excitation in promoting atom-diatom reactivity: Rigorous examination of Polanyi's rules and proposition of sudden vector …

B Jiang, H Guo - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
To provide a systematic and rigorous re-examination of the well-known Polanyi's rules,
excitation functions of several A+ BC (v= 0, 1) reactions are determined using the …

Quantum dynamics of polyatomic dissociative chemisorption on transition metal surfaces: mode specificity and bond selectivity

B Jiang, M Yang, D **e, H Guo - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Dissociative chemisorption is the initial and often rate-limiting step in many heterogeneous
processes. As a result, an in-depth understanding of the reaction dynamics of such …

Quasiclassical trajectory calculations of correlated product distributions for the F+ CHD3 (v1=, 1) reactions using an ab initio potential energy surface

G Czakó, JM Bowman - The Journal of chemical physics, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
We report quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) calculations of the correlated product distributions
and branching ratios of the reactions F+ CHD 3 (v 1= 0, 1)→ HF (v)+ CD 3 (v) and DF (v)+ …

State-Resolved Gas-Surface Reactivity of Methane<? format?> in the Symmetric CH Stretch Vibration on Ni (100)

P Maroni, DC Papageorgopoulos, M Sacchi, TT Dang… - Physical review …, 2005 - APS
The state-resolved reactivity of CH 4 in its totally symmetric CH stretch vibration (ν 1) has
been measured on a Ni (100) surface. Methane molecules were accelerated to kinetic …

Connecting chemical dynamics in gases and liquids

CG Elles, FF Crim - Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., 2006 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Modern ultrafast spectroscopic techniques provide new opportunities to study
chemical reaction dynamics in liquids and hold the possibility of obtaining much of the same …

Rotational mode specificity in the Cl+ CHD3→ HCl+ CD3 reaction

R Liu, F Wang, B Jiang, G Czakó, M Yang… - The Journal of …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
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Mode Selectivity for a “Central” Barrier Reaction: Eight-Dimensional Quantum Studies of the O(3P) + CH4 → OH + CH3 Reaction on an Ab Initio Potential Energy …

R Liu, M Yang, G Czakó, JM Bowman… - The Journal of …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The dynamics of a combustion reaction, namely, O (3P)+ CH4→ OH+ CH3, is investigated
with an eight-dimensional quantum model that includes representatives of all vibrational …