Publications

2003

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

Observation of sharp vibronic bands in the O₄⁻ `core ion' by mid infrared predissociation spectroscopy of O₄⁻·Ar_n clusters

Jude A. Kelley, William H. Robertson, and Mark A. Johnson

Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 362, (3-4), pp. 255-260

DOI Link: 10.1016/S0009-2614(02)01017-5

Infrared Spectroscopic Characterization of the Symmetrical Hydration Motif in the SO₂^-·H₂O Complex

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

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 106, (31), pp. 7086-7089

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp0211178

Infrared Characterization of the Icosahedral Shell Closing in Cl^-·H₂O·Ar_n (1 ≤ n ≤ 13) Clusters

S. A. Corcelli, J. A. Kelley, J. C. Tully, and M. A. Johnson

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 106, (19), pp. 4872-4879

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp013956k

Infrared predissociation spectroscopy of I⁻⋅(CH₃OH)_n, n = 1,2: Cooperativity in asymmetric solvation

William H. Robertson, Karen Karapetian, Patrick Ayotte, Kenneth D. Jordan, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 116, (12), pp. 4853-4857

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.1451249

Solvation of the Cl^-·H₂O Complex in CCl₄ Clusters: The Effect of Solvent-Mediated Charge Redistribution on the Ionic H-Bond

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

J. Phys. Chem. A, Vol. 106, (7), pp. 1205-1209

DOI Link: 10.1021/jp0137468

Linking the photoelectron and infrared spectroscopies of the (H₂O)₆⁻ isomers

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

J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 116, (3), pp. 1201-1203

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.1427070

2001

Argon predissociation and electron autodetachment spectroscopy of size-selected CH₃NO₂⁻⋅Ar_n clusters

Jude A. Kelley, William H. Robertson, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 115, (23), pp. 10718-10723

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.1418251

Observation of resonant two-photon photodetachment of water cluster anions via femtosecond photoelectron spectroscopy

J. Mathias Weber, Jun Kim, Erica A. Woronowicz, Gary H. Weddle, Israela Becker, Ori Cheshnovsky, and Mark A. Johnson

Chem. Phys. Lett., Vol. 339, (5-6), pp. 337-342

DOI Link: 10.1016/S0009-2614(01)00295-0

Hydration of a structured excess charge distribution: Infrared spectroscopy of the O₂⁻⋅(H₂O)_n, (1 ≤ n ≤ 5) clusters

J. Mathias Weber, Jude A. Kelley, William H. Robertson, and Mark A. Johnson

J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 114, (6), pp. 2698-2706

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.1338529

2000

Dipole bound and valence state coupling in argon-solvated nitromethane anions

F. Lecomte, S. Carles, C. Desfrançois, and M. A. Johnson

J. Chem. Phys., Vol. 113, (24), pp. 10973

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.1326476

A Pulsed Supersonic Entrainment Reactor for the Rational Preparation of Cold Ionic Complexes

William H. Robertson, Jude A. Kelley, and Mark A. Johnson

Rev. Sci. Instrum., Vol. 71, pp. 4431-4434

DOI Link: 10.1063/1.1326931

Cover Articles

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

2003

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

Snapshots of water at work

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

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

Molecular Aspects of Halide Ion Hydration: The Cluster Approach

2002

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

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

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

Caught in the Act of Dissolution

Observation of sharp vibronic bands in the O4− `core ion' by mid infrared predissociation spectroscopy of O4−·Arn clusters

Infrared Spectroscopic Characterization of the Symmetrical Hydration Motif in the SO2-·H2O Complex

Infrared Characterization of the Icosahedral Shell Closing in Cl-·H2O·Arn (1 ≤ n ≤ 13) Clusters

Infrared predissociation spectroscopy of I−⋅(CH3OH)n, n = 1,2: Cooperativity in asymmetric solvation

Solvation of the Cl-·H2O Complex in CCl4 Clusters: The Effect of Solvent-Mediated Charge Redistribution on the Ionic H-Bond

Linking the photoelectron and infrared spectroscopies of the (H2O)6− isomers