Investigation of the ν2 + 2ν3 Subband in the Overtone Icosad of 13CH4 by Pulsed Supersonic Jet and Diode Laser Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy: Partial Rovibrational Analysis and Nuclear Spin Symmetry Conservation

We have investigated the

Formation of Mixed Supramolecular Complexes Oxygen-Isoprene in Pulsed Supersonic Jet

An experimental study of the formation of mixed van der Waals oxygen-isoprene complexes, generated in an expanding supersonic helium-oxygen-isoprene jet at various stagnation pressures and at diverse oxygen and isoprene concentrations, has been performed. The particularities of applying mass spectrometry to studying clustered isoprene streams in a pulsed mode have been discussed. The composition of small clusters generated in a free supersonic jet has been checked for dependencies upon the initial mixture composition and stagnation pressure. The mechanism of nucleation has been identified for different partial concentrations of impurities in the helium stream. The specific features of the dissociative ionization of van der Waals complexes, consisting of pure isoprene and mixed complexes, have been discussed. The conditions needed for the formation of binary oxygen-isoprene van der Waals complexes have been identified

Theoretical and experimental study of infrared spectra of He2-CO2This article is part of a Special Issue on Spectroscopy at the University of New Brunswick in honour of Colan Linton and Ron Lees.

Additional high-resolution lines in the ν3 CO2 fundamental band of the rovibrational spectrum of He2-CO2 have been observed using a tunable infrared laser to probe a pulsed supersonic jet expansion. The ro-vibrational spectrum was calculated using Euler angles and five vibrational coordinates that specify the positions of the He atoms with respect to the CO2 molecule, a product basis, and a Lanczos eigensolver. Rotational states with J = 0, 1, 2, and 3 associated with the vibrational ground state and different states (νt) of the torsional motion of the two He atoms about the CO2 axis are identified and assigned. The assignment is consistent with having different principle axis orientiations in νt = 0 and νt = 1 states. Δνt = 1 infrared transistions are forbidden due to the symmetry of CO2, but Δνt = 1 microwave transistions are possible. Theoretical line positions and intensities are predicted. Good agreement between experiment and theory was obtained. The calculated energy levels and intensities were crucial in assigning some of the weaker observed transitions.