Electron-Ion Interactions and Ionization in a Polar Solvent
- 26 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 56 (21) , 2326-2329
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.56.2326
Abstract
The ionization of a lithium atom immersed in liquid ammonia has been studied by quantum path-integral Monte Carlo calculations. Before it eventually becomes self-trapped (solvated), the lithium electron passes through a transition state in which it is unsolvated or quasifree. Dramatic changes occur in the lithium-ion inner solution shell during the ionization process.
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