Nonlinear rotational spectroscopy reveals many-body interactions in water molecules
<jats:title>Significance</jats:title> <jats:p>Since water vapor exists everywhere around us and is crucial to life, the stable complexes that water molecules form with each other and with various environmental constituents have been studied extensively. Transient, metast...
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| author | Zhang, Yaqing Shi, Jiaojian Li, Xian Coy, Stephen L Field, Robert W Nelson, Keith A |
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<jats:p>Since water vapor exists everywhere around us and is crucial to life, the stable complexes that water molecules form with each other and with various environmental constituents have been studied extensively. Transient, metastable complexes are more elusive. A recently developed method, two-dimensional rotational spectroscopy, directly measures correlations between the rotational transitions in a conventional spectrum. Measurements of water vapor showed that rotations of one water molecule can change the rotational frequencies of another. Distinct spectral peaks provide direct experimental signatures of previously unseen complexes between the water molecules involved. The sensitivity of the method to intermolecular interactions has directly identified metastable cooperative behavior in one of the most extensively studied molecular species and promises new insights about many others.</jats:p> |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1411672022-03-15T03:28:27Z Nonlinear rotational spectroscopy reveals many-body interactions in water molecules Zhang, Yaqing Shi, Jiaojian Li, Xian Coy, Stephen L Field, Robert W Nelson, Keith A <jats:title>Significance</jats:title> <jats:p>Since water vapor exists everywhere around us and is crucial to life, the stable complexes that water molecules form with each other and with various environmental constituents have been studied extensively. Transient, metastable complexes are more elusive. A recently developed method, two-dimensional rotational spectroscopy, directly measures correlations between the rotational transitions in a conventional spectrum. Measurements of water vapor showed that rotations of one water molecule can change the rotational frequencies of another. Distinct spectral peaks provide direct experimental signatures of previously unseen complexes between the water molecules involved. The sensitivity of the method to intermolecular interactions has directly identified metastable cooperative behavior in one of the most extensively studied molecular species and promises new insights about many others.</jats:p> 2022-03-14T18:19:08Z 2022-03-14T18:19:08Z 2021 2022-03-14T18:11:58Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141167 Zhang, Yaqing, Shi, Jiaojian, Li, Xian, Coy, Stephen L, Field, Robert W et al. 2021. "Nonlinear rotational spectroscopy reveals many-body interactions in water molecules." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (40). en 10.1073/PNAS.2020941118 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences PNAS |
| spellingShingle | Zhang, Yaqing Shi, Jiaojian Li, Xian Coy, Stephen L Field, Robert W Nelson, Keith A Nonlinear rotational spectroscopy reveals many-body interactions in water molecules |
| title | Nonlinear rotational spectroscopy reveals many-body interactions in water molecules |
| title_full | Nonlinear rotational spectroscopy reveals many-body interactions in water molecules |
| title_fullStr | Nonlinear rotational spectroscopy reveals many-body interactions in water molecules |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nonlinear rotational spectroscopy reveals many-body interactions in water molecules |
| title_short | Nonlinear rotational spectroscopy reveals many-body interactions in water molecules |
| title_sort | nonlinear rotational spectroscopy reveals many body interactions in water molecules |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/141167 |
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