Collisional activation of N2O decomposition and CO oxidation reactions on isolated rhodium clusters.

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The reactions of nitrous oxide decorated rhodium clusters, RhnN2O(+) (n = 5, 6), have been studied by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Collision induced dissociation with Ar is shown to lead to one of two processes; desorption of the intact N2O moiety (indicating molecular adsorption in the parent cluster) or N2O decomposition liberating molecular nitrogen with the latter becoming increasingly dominant at higher collision energies. Consistent with the results of ea...

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Authors: Parry, I; Kartouzian, A; Hamilton, S; Balaj, O; Beyer, M

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: American Chemical Society Publisher's website
• Journal: Journal of Physical Chemistry A Journal website
• Volume: 117
• Issue: 36
• Pages: 8855-8863
• Publication date: 2013-09-03
• DOI: 10.1021/jp405267p
• EISSN: 1520-5215
• ISSN: 1089-5639
• Language: English
• Keywords: metal clusters; cluster reactivity; cluster surface chemistry; SBTMR; Collision induced dissociation