On the electron affinity of Au3

doi:10.1016/0009-2614(89)87088-5

Chemical Physics Letters

Volume 156, Issue 1, 24 March 1989, Pages 91-94

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Abstract

The EA of Au₃ is estimated to be 3.93 eV. The calculations also show that the feature in the photodetachment spectrum at about 2 eV electron binding energy is due to a two-photon process involving fragmentation of Au₃⁻ to Au and Au₂⁻ and subsequent photodetachment of Au₂⁻. Au₃⁻ is found to have a ²B₂ ground state that is only slightly distorted from an equilateral triangle.

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