Coauthored Publications with: Huang

Journal Article

Wu, PY, Huang HH, Lin KC, Tzeng WB.  2017.  Two-color resonant two-photon ionization and mass-analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy of 4-chlorostyrene. Chemical Physics Letters. 682:34-37. AbstractWebsite

The first electronic excitation and adiabatic ionization energies of 35Cl and 37Cl 4-chlorostyrene were similar, with values of 33,977 ± 2 and 67,972 ± 5 cm−1, respectively. The general features in the obtained vibronic and cation spectra of the two isotopologues were similar. A frequency shift of 1–5 cm−1 was observed on many active vibrations of the 35Cl and 37Cl isotopologues of 4-chlorostyrene in the S1 and D0 states. This frequency difference at each mode may reflect the degree of Cl atom involvement in the overall vibration. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.
Huang, T-K, Chen B-J, Lin K-C, Lin L, Sun B-J, Chang AHH.  2017.  Cl2 Elimination in 248 nm Photolysis of (COCl)2 Probed with Cavity Ring-Down Absorption Spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 121:2888-2895., Number 15 AbstractWebsite

Cavity ring-down absorption spectroscopy (CRDS) is employed to investigate one-photon dissociation of (COCl)2 at 248 nm obtaining a primary Cl2 elimination channel. A ratio of vibrational population is estimated to be 1:(0.12 ± 0.03):(0.011 ± 0.003) for the v = 0, 1, and 2 levels. The quantum yield of Cl2 molecular channel is obtained to be 0.8 ± 0.4 initiated from the X̃ 1Ag ground state surface (COCl)2 via internal conversion. The obtained total quantum yield is attributed to both primary ((COCl)2 + hν → 2CO + Cl2) and secondary reactions (dominated by Cl + COCl → Cl2 + CO). The former is estimated to share a yield of >0.14, while the latter contributes up to 0.66. The photodissociation pathway to the molecular products is calculated to proceed via a four-center transition state (TS) from which Cl2 is eliminated synchronously. Installation of the mirrors with reflectivity of 99.995% in the CRDS apparatus prolongs the ring-down time to 70 μs, thus allowing for the contribution from 17% up to 66% of the total Cl2 yield from secondary reaction depending on the reaction temperature. Despite uncertainty in determining the product yield, the primary Cl2 dissociation channel eliminated from (COCl)2 is observed for the first time. © 2017 American Chemical Society.
Chen, Y-J, Tzeng H-Y, Fan H-F, Chen M-S, Huang J-S, Lin K-C.  2010.  Photoinduced electron transfer of oxazine 1/TiO2 nanoparticles at single molecule level by using confocal fluorescence microscopy. Langmuir. 26:9050-9060., Number 11 AbstractWebsite

Kinetics of photoinduced electron transfer (ET) from oxazine 1 dye to TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) surface is studied at a single molecule level by using confocal fluorescence microscopy. Upon irradiation with a pulsed laser at 630 nm, the fluorescence lifetimes sampled among 100 different dye molecules are determined to yield an average lifetime of 2.9 ± 0.3 ns, which is close to the value of 3.0 ± 0.6 ns measured on the bare coverslip. The lifetime proximity suggests that most interfacial electron transfer (IFET) processes for the current system are inefficient, probably caused by physisorption between dye and the TiO2 film. However, there might exist some molecules which are quenched before fluorescing and fail to be detected. With the aid of autocorrelation analysis under a three-level energy system, the IFET kinetics of single dye molecules in the conduction band of TiO2 NPs is evaluated to be (1.0 ± 0.1)×104 s-1 averaged over 100 single molecules and the back ET rate constant is 4.7 ± 0.9 s-1. When a thicker TiO2 film is substituted, the resultant kinetic data do not make a significant difference. The trend of IFET efficacy agrees with the method of fluorescence lifetime measurements. The obtained forward ET rate constants are about ten times smaller than the photovoltage response measured in an assembled dye-sensitized solar cell. The discrepancy is discussed. The inhomogeneous and fluctuation characters for the IFET process are attributed to microenvironment variation for each single molecule. The obtained ET rates are much slower than the fluorescence relaxation. Such a small ET quantum yield is yet feasibly detectable at a single molecule level. © 2010 American Chemical Society.
Chen, B-J, Tsai P-Y, Huang T-K, Xia Z-H, Lin K-C, Chiou C-J, Sun B-J, Chang AHH.  2015.  Characterization of molecular channel in photodissociation of SOCl2 at 248 nm: Cl2 probing by cavity ring-down absorption spectroscopy. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17:7838-7847., Number 12 AbstractWebsite

A primary elimination channel of the chlorine molecule in the one-photon dissociation of SOCl2 at 248 nm was investigated using cavity ring-down absorption spectroscopy (CRDS). By means of spectral simulation, the ratio of the vibrational population in the v = 0, 1, and 2 levels was evaluated to be 1:(0.10 ± 0.02):(0.009 ± 0.005), corresponding to a Boltzmann vibrational temperature of 340 ± 30 K. The Cl2 molecular channel was obtained with a quantum yield of 0.4 ± 0.2 from the X1A′ ground state of SOCl2via internal conversion. The dissociation mechanism differs from a prior study where a smaller yield of <3% was obtained, initiated from the 21A′ excited state. Temperature-dependence measurements of the Cl2 fragment turn out to support our mechanism. With the aid of ab initio potential energy calculations, two dissociation routes to the molecular products were found, including one synchronous dissociation pathway via a three-center transition state (TS) and the other sequential dissociation pathway via a roaming-mediated isomerization TS. The latter mechanism with a lower energy barrier dominates the dissociation reaction. This journal is © the Owner Societies.