Cis→trans conversion of formic acid by dissipative tunneling in solid rare gases: Influence of environment on the tunneling rate.

The relaxation of the higher-energy cis conformer of formic acid to the lower-energy trans form by a tunneling mechanism has been investigated in low-temperature rare gas matrices. In the temperature range 8–60 K, the tunneling takes place dominantly from the vibrational ground state of the cis form...

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Main Author: Pettersson, M. (author)
Other Authors: Maçôas, E. M. S. (author), Khriachtchev, L. (author), Lundell, J. (author), Fausto, R. (author), Räsänen, M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2002
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10316/17785
Country:Portugal
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