Cluster-isolated chemical reaction, CICR

These examples are only a few demonstrations of the general effort to use cluster reactions as a bridge between isolated binary systems and bulk reactions. The cluster isolated chemical reaction (CICR) technique elaborated in Chapter 2 of this Part is an important advance in that direction. 

Hence there is no gas-phase experiment yet which fully encompasses all aspects of an electron-transfer reaction in solution. In solution, the solvent acts first as a polarization medium, which affects the energetics of direct transfers from the donor to the acceptor. It can also act as a transport medium for indirect electron transfers. The first aspect has been addressed in various cluster experiments [276]. The second aspect was addressed more recently by considering the femtosecond dynamics of iodide-(water) anion clusters, as reviewed below [277]. Finally, clusters present the advantage of isolating one reaction pair free from secondary collisions, except those, which are desired, with the solvent molecules (or atoms). The latter consideration motivated the cluster isolated chemical reaction (CICR) technique reviewed in Section 2.8.3. 

The cluster isolated chemical reaction (CICR) technique was developed in Saclay to permit quantitative studies of heterogeneous chemical processes at a microscopic level. The ultimate goal is to document the coupling between a reaction coordinate... 

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