Electronic excitation of furfural as probed by high-resolution vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, and ab initio calculations

The electronic spectroscopy of isolated furfural (2-furaldehyde) in the gas phase has been investigated using high-resolution photoabsorption spectroscopy in the 3.5-10.8 eV energy-range, with absolute cross section measurements derived. Electron energy loss spectra are also measured over a range of...

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Autor: Blanco Ramos, Francisco
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2015
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositório:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/24266
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/24266
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:539.1
Beam irradiation pretreatment
Differential cross-sections
Enzymatic-hydrolysis
2-furaldehyde vapor
Vuv photoabsorption
Absorption
Biofuels
States
Photochemistry
Transition.
Física nuclear
2207 Física Atómica y Nuclear
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Resumo:The electronic spectroscopy of isolated furfural (2-furaldehyde) in the gas phase has been investigated using high-resolution photoabsorption spectroscopy in the 3.5-10.8 eV energy-range, with absolute cross section measurements derived. Electron energy loss spectra are also measured over a range of kinematical conditions. Those energy loss spectra are used to derive differential cross sections and in turn generalised oscillator strengths. These experiments are supported by ab initio calculations in order to assign the excited states of the neutral molecule. The good agreement between the theoretical results and the measurements allows us to provide the first quantitative assignment of the electronic state spectroscopy of furfural over an extended energy range. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.