Energy Transfer to the Hydrogen Bond in the (H2O)2 + H2O Collision
Trajectory procedures are used to study the collision between the vibrationally excited H2O and the ground-state (H2O)2 with particular reference to energy transfer to the hydrogen bond through the inter- and intramolecular pathways. In nearly 98% of the trajectories, energy transfer processes occur...
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Published in | The journal of physical chemistry. B Vol. 122; no. 13; pp. 3307 - 3317 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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American Chemical Society
05.04.2018
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Summary: | Trajectory procedures are used to study the collision between the vibrationally excited H2O and the ground-state (H2O)2 with particular reference to energy transfer to the hydrogen bond through the inter- and intramolecular pathways. In nearly 98% of the trajectories, energy transfer processes occur on a subpicosecond scale (≤0.7 ps). The H2O transfers approximately three-quarters of its excitation energy to the OH stretches of the dimer. The first step of the intramolecular pathway in the dimer involves a near-resonant first overtone transition from the OH stretch to the bending mode. The energy transfer probability in the presence of the 1:2 resonance is 0.61 at 300 K. The bending mode then redistributes its energy to low-frequency intermolecular vibrations in a series of small excitation steps, with the pathway which results in the hydrogen-bonding modes gaining most of the available energy. The hydrogen bonding in ∼50% of the trajectories ruptures on vibrational excitation, leaving one quantum in the bend of the monomer fragment. In a small fraction of trajectories, the duration of collision is longer than 1 ps, during which the dimer and H2O form a short-lived complex through a secondary hydrogen bond, which undergoes large amplitude oscillations. |
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ISSN: | 1520-6106 1520-5207 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b09695 |