Publications

2004

Predissociation spectroscopy of the argon-solvated H₅O₂⁺ “zundel” cation in the 1000–1900 cm⁻¹ region

Jeffrey M. Headrick, Joseph C. Bopp, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 121, (23), pp. 11523-11526

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.1834566

Preparation and photoelectron spectrum of the ‘missing’ (H₂O)₄^- cluster

Joong-Won Shin, Nathan I. Hammer, Jeffrey M. Headrick, and Mark A. Johnson

Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 399, (4-6), pp. 349-353

DOI Link: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.10.015

Argon Cluster-Mediated Trapping and Vibrational Spectroscopic Characterization of an OH^-·HCH₂• Intermediate in the O^•- + CH₄ Reaction

Eric G. Diken, Gary H. Weddle, Jeffrey M. Headrick, J. Mathias Weber, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 108, (46), pp. 10116-10121

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp0404403

How Do Small Water Clusters Bind an Excess Electron?

Nathan I. Hammer, Joong-Won Shin, Jeffrey M. Headrick, Eric G. Diken, Joseph R. Roscioli, Gary H. Weddle and Mark A. Johnson

Science, Vol. 306, (5695), pp. 675-679

DOI Link: 10.1126/science.1102792

Preparation and photoelectron spectrum of the glycine molecular anion: Assignment to a dipole-bound electron species with a high-dipole moment, non-zwitterionic form of the neutral core

Eric G. Diken, Nathan I. Hammer, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 120, (21), pp. 9899-9902

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.1755196

Infrared Signature of Structures Associated with the H⁺(H₂O)_n (n = 6 to 27) Clusters

J.-W. Shin, N. I. Hammer, E. G. Diken, M. A. Johnson, R. S. Walters, T. D. Jaeger, M. A. Duncan, R. A. Christie and K. D. Jordan

Science, Vol. 304, (5674), pp. 1137-1140

DOI Link: 10.1126/science.1096466

A Cluster Study of Cl₂^- Microhydration: Size-Dependent Competition between Symmetrical H-Bonding to the Anion and the Formation of Cyclic Water Networks in the Cl₂^-·1−5(H₂O) Series

Erica A. Price, Nathan I. Hammer, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 108, (18), pp. 3910-3915

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp031239f

Isotopic fractionation and zero-point effects in anionic H-bonded complexes: a comparison of the I⁻ · HDO and F⁻ · HDO ion–molecule clusters

Eric G. Diken, Joong-Won Shin, Erica A. Price, and Mark A. Johnson

Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 387, (1-3), pp. 17-22

DOI Link: 10.1016/j.cplett.2004.01.077

The Vibrational Spectrum of the Neutral (H₂O)₆ Precursor to the “Magic” (H₂O)₆^- Cluster Anion by Argon-Mediated, Population-Modulated Electron Attachment Spectroscopy

Eric G. Diken, William H. Robertson, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 108, (1), pp. 64-68

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp0309973

2003

Large anharmonic effects in the infrared spectra of the symmetrical CH₃NO₂⁻⋅(H₂O) and CH₃CO₂⁻⋅(H₂O) complexes

Evgeniy M. Myshakin, Kenneth D. Jordan, Edwin L. Sibert, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 119, (19), pp. 10138-10145

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.1616918

Strong Similarities in the Local Hydration Environments of the Bromide Ion and the Cl^-·CCl₃^• Ion−Radical Complex: Factors Contributing to Intramolecular Distortions in the Primary Hydration Shell

William H. Robertson, Gary H. Weddle, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 107, (44), pp. 9312-9318

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp030641r

Infrared Signatures of a Water Molecule Attached to Triatomic Domains of Molecular Anions: Evolution of the H-bonding Configuration with Domain Length

William H. Robertson, Erica A. Price, J. Mathias Weber, Joong-Won Shin, Gary H. Weddle, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 107, (34), pp. 6527-6532

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp030474v

Snapshots of water at work

William H. Robertson, Eric G. Diken and Mark A. Johnson

Science, Vol. 301, (5631), pp. 320-321

DOI Link: 10.1126/science.1087194

Dominant structural motifs of NO⁻⋅(H₂O)_n complexes: Infrared spectroscopic and ab initio studies

Evgeniy M. Myshakin, Kenneth D. Jordan, William H. Robertson, Gary H. Weddle, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 118, (11), pp. 4945-4953

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.1545771

Spectroscopic Determination of the OH⁻ Solvation Shell in the OH⁻·(H₂O)_n Clusters

William H. Robertson, Eric G. Diken, Erica A. Price, Joong-Won Shin and Mark A. Johnson

Science, Vol. 299, (5611), pp. 1367-1372

DOI Link: 10.1126/science.1080695

Molecular Aspects of Halide Ion Hydration: The Cluster Approach

William H. Robertson and Mark A. Johnson

Annu. Rev. Phys. Chem., Vol. 54, pp. 173-213

DOI Link: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.54.011002.103801

2002

Van der Waals clusters and mass spectrometry: meeting the challenge of size-dependence in the nanosolvation regime

Mark A. Johnson and Tilmann D. Märk

Int. J. Mass Spectrom., Vol. 220, (2), pp. 97–98

DOI Link: 10.1016/S1387-3806(02)00825-4

Argon predissociation infrared spectroscopy of the hydroxide–water complex (OH⁻·H₂O)

Erica A. Price, William H. Robertson, Eric G. Diken, Gary H. Weddle, and Mark A Johnson

Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 366, (3-4), pp. 412-416

DOI Link: 10.1016/S0009-2614(02)01585-3

Isolating the Charge-Transfer Component of the Anionic H Bond Via Spin Suppression of the Intracluster Proton Transfer Reaction in the NO^-·H₂O Entrance Channel Complex

William H. Robertson, Mark A. Johnson, Evgeniy M. Myshakin, and Kenneth D. Jordan

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 106, (42), pp. 10010-10014

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp020891s

Caught in the Act of Dissolution

William H. Robertson and Mark A. Johnson

Science, Vol. 298, (5591), pp. 69

DOI Link: 10.1126/science.1076959

Cover Articles

Autobiography of Mark A. Johnson

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.6c00659

Mechanism of a Halogen Exchange Reaction in Water: Catalysis by Aqueous Media

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.4c02228

Hydrogen Tag Shifts as Vibrational Reporters for Positional Isomers of Formylphenides: Surprising Mobility of the Carbanion Center Upon Collisional Decarboxylation of the Parent Benzoates

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03514

Effects of Microhydration on the Mechanisms of Hydrolysis and Cl^- Substitution in Reactions of N₂O₅ and Seawater

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202200819

Water Network Shape-Dependence of Local Interactions with the Microhydrated –NO₂⁻ and –CO₂⁻ Anionic Head Groups by Cold Ion Vibrational Spectroscopy

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c00721

Preparation and Characterization of the Halogen Bonding Motif in the Isolated Cl⁻∙IOH Complex with Cryogenic Ion Vibrational Spectroscopy

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00218

Vibrational signatures of HNO₃ acidity when complexed with microhydrated alkali metal ions, M⁺∙(HNO₃)(H₂O)_n=5 (M=Li, K, Na, Rb, Cs), at 20 K

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c10352

Size-Dependent Onset of Nitric Acid Dissociation in Cs⁺(HNO₃)(H₂O)_n=0-11 Clusters at 20 K

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00235

Isolating the Contributions of Specific Network Sites to the Diffuse Vibrational Spectrum of Interfacial Water With Isotopomer-Selective Spectroscopy of Cold Clusters

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c07795

Ionic Liquid Clusters Generated from Electrospray Thrusters: Cold Ion Spectroscopic Signatures of Size-Dependent Acid−Base Interactions

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c07595

Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Cryogenically Cooled O- and N-Protomers of 4-Aminobenzoic Acid: Tag Effects, Isotopic Labels, and Identification of the E,Z Isomer of the O-Protomer

DOI Link: 10.1016/j.ijms.2020.116427

Spectroscopic Signatures of Mode-Dependent Tunnel Splitting in the Iodide-Water Binary Complex

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c00853

Integration of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry with Cryogenic Ion Vibrational Spectroscopy

DOI Link: 10.1007/s13361-019-02238-y

Tag-Free and Isotopomer-Selective Vibrational Spectroscopy of the Cryogenically Cooled H₉O₄⁺ Cation with Two-Color, IR-IR Double-Resonance: Isolating the Spectral Signature of a Single OH Group in the Hydronium Ion Core

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b08507

Isolation of the site-specific anharmonicities of individual water molecules in the Iˉ∙(H₂O)₂ complex using tag‐free, isotopomer selective IR‐IR double resonance

DOI Link: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.09.042

Spectroscopic characterization of a strongly interacting C₍₂₎H group on the EMIM⁺ cation in the (EMIM⁺)₂Xˉ, (X = BF₄, Cl, Br, and I) ternary building blocks of ionic liquids

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.5009009

Capture of CO₂ by a Cationic Ni^I Complex in the Gas Phase and Characterization of the Bound Activated CO₂ Molecule through Cryogenic Ion Vibrational Predissociation Spectroscopy

DOI Link: 10.1002/anie.201507965

Snapshots of Proton Accommodation at a Microscopic Water Surface: Understanding the Vibrational Spectral Signatures of the Charge Defect in Cryogenically Cooled H⁺(H₂O)_n=2-28 Clusters

DOI Link: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b04355

Modes of Activation of Organometallic Iridium Complexes for Catalytic Water and C-H Oxidation

DOI Link: 10.1021/ic402390t

Vibrational manifestations of strong non-Condon effects in the H₃O⁺·X₃(X = Ar, N₂, CH4, H2O) complexes: A possible explanation for the intensity in the “association band” in the vibrational spectrum of water

DOI Link: 10.1039/C2CP24110B

Publications

2004

Predissociation spectroscopy of the argon-solvated H5O2+ “zundel” cation in the 1000–1900 cm−1 region

Preparation and photoelectron spectrum of the ‘missing’ (H2O)4- cluster

Argon Cluster-Mediated Trapping and Vibrational Spectroscopic Characterization of an OH-·HCH2• Intermediate in the O•- + CH4 Reaction

How Do Small Water Clusters Bind an Excess Electron?

Preparation and photoelectron spectrum of the glycine molecular anion: Assignment to a dipole-bound electron species with a high-dipole moment, non-zwitterionic form of the neutral core

Infrared Signature of Structures Associated with the H+(H2O)n (n = 6 to 27) Clusters

A Cluster Study of Cl2- Microhydration: Size-Dependent Competition between Symmetrical H-Bonding to the Anion and the Formation of Cyclic Water Networks in the Cl2-·1−5(H2O) Series

Isotopic fractionation and zero-point effects in anionic H-bonded complexes: a comparison of the I− · HDO and F− · HDO ion–molecule clusters

The Vibrational Spectrum of the Neutral (H2O)6 Precursor to the “Magic” (H2O)6- Cluster Anion by Argon-Mediated, Population-Modulated Electron Attachment Spectroscopy