Published April 12, 1993
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Journal article
Vibrational spectroscopy of water at the vapor/water interface
- 1. Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
- 2. Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
Description
Using infrared-visible sum-frequency generation we have obtained the OH stretch vibrational spectra of water at the vapor/water interface. From the spectra, we deduce that more than 20% of the surface water molecules have one free OH projecting into the vapor. The spectrum is weakly temperature dependent from 10 to 80 degree C. A monolayer of fatty alcohol on water surface terminates the free OH groups and induces an icelike structure in the spectrum
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal Volume
- 70
- Journal Issue
- 15
- Journal Page Range
- p. 2313-2316.
- ISSN
- 0031-9007
- CODEN
- PRLTAO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 24052139
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHEMICAL BONDS; INTERFACES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACTANTS; VAPORS; VIBRATIONAL STATES; WATER
- Descriptors DEC
- ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITED STATES; FLUIDS; GASES; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPTICS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY