Abstract

Although the equilibrium properties of the aqueous electron have been well-studied, the solvation dynamics and other non-equilibrium properties are still not well understood. A fundamental question concerning the electron solvation dynamics is the nature of the transition from the wet electron to the solvated or equilibrium electron. Theoretical studies have predicted dynamics involving a continous change in the electron absorption spectra.¹ Early experimental work has claimed that only two-states were involved, i.e. the solvation dynamics were not continous.² In order to resolve these issues we have done experiments with improved time resolution and have looked for an isosbestic point in the solvation dynamics.³

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