Interfacial Water Organization and Ion Distributions Investigated with Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy

Download or read book Interfacial Water Organization and Ion Distributions Investigated with Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy written by Wei Hua and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Here, interface-specific nonlinear optical spectroscopies, conventional vibrational sum frequency generation (VSFG) and heterodyne-detected vibrational sum frequency generation (HD-VSFG), are employed to probe interfacial water molecules at the molecular level. HD-VSFG spectroscopy allows for direct interrogation of the average orientation of the transition dipole moment of interfacial water molecules that is intrinsically contained in the sign of the second-order nonlinear susceptibility, X(2). The water organization and ion distributions at air/aqueous interfaces of inorganic salt solutions are inferred from Im X(2) spectra obtained by HD-VSFG spectroscopy.