The ionization of a lithium atom immersed in liquid ammonia has been studied by quantum path-integral Monte Carlo calculations. Before it eventually becomes self-trapped (solvated), the lithium $2s$ electron passes through a transition state in which it is unsolvated or quasifree. Dramatic changes occur in the lithium-ion inner solution shell during the ionization process.
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Sprik et al. (1986) studied this question.
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