Frontiers in Chemistry (Apr 2019)

Core Shell Investigation of 2-nitroimidazole

  • Paola Bolognesi,
  • Vincenzo Carravetta,
  • Luca Sementa,
  • Giovanni Barcaro,
  • Susanna Monti,
  • Preeti Manjari Mishra,
  • Antonella Cartoni,
  • Antonella Cartoni,
  • Mattea C. Castrovilli,
  • Jacopo Chiarinelli,
  • Jacopo Chiarinelli,
  • Sanja Tosic,
  • Bratislav P. Marinkovic,
  • Robert Richter,
  • Lorenzo Avaldi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2019.00151
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7

Abstract

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Tunability and selectivity of synchrotron radiation have been used to study the excitation and ionization of 2-nitroimidazole at the C, N, and O K-edges. The combination of a set of different measurements (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, near-edge photoabsorption spectroscopy, Resonant Auger electron spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry) and computational modeling have successfully disclosed local effects due to the chemical environment on both excitation/ionization and fragmentation of the molecule.

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