INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF SIZE-SELECTED PROTONATED MOLECULAR CLUSTERS
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Date
2007
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Ohio State University
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Protonated molecular clusters such as (H$_2$O)$_n$H$^+$, (CO$_2$)$_n$H$^+$, and (C$_2$H$_2$)$_n$H$^+$ are formed in a pulsed electric discharge of a supersonic expansion. The ions are mass selected and fragmented upon resonant vibrational excitation with the output of a tunable infrared OPO. The infrared spectra of these species provide valuble insight into the dynamics of the solvated proton.
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Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602