Research Article in Chemistry - A European Journal
Molecular Nitrogen Activation in the Gas Phase (Publication)
Dinitrogen Activation in the Gas Phase: Spectroscopic Characterization of C–N Coupling in the V3C+ + N2 Reaction Zi-Yu Li, Francine Horn, Yao Li, Li-Hui Mou, Wieland Schöllkopf, Hui Chen, Sheng-Gui He, and Knut R. Asmis
The reaction of V3C+ with N2 is studied using IRPD spectroscopy. The cleavage…
Wilhelm-Ostwald-Institut ∙
Edge Article in Chemical Science
Influence of Anion Polarizability on the Formation of Ion Pairs (Publication)
Infrared spectroscopy of microhydrated salt clusters provides a detailed picture of how the polarizability of anions affects the interactions between ions and individual water molecules.
Professur Asmis ∙
Paper in PCCP
Influence of Fe-substitution on small alumina clusters (Publication)
We study the influence of Fe-substitution on the structure of small alumina clusters using gas phase vibrational spectroscopy in combination with density functional theory.
Willhelm-Ostwald-Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie ∙
First joint publication of the Asmis, Tonner and Warneke groups
Importance of π-Backbonding for the Reactivity of Electrophilic Anions (Publication)
Joint research work headed by the junior research group Warneke together with the Tonner and Asmis groups on the systematic investigation of the relevance of π-backbonding involving the delocalized σ-electron systems in superelectrophilic anions.