Orientations of nonlocal vibrational modes from combined experimental and theoretical sum frequency spectroscopy

HM Chase, S Chen, L Fu, MA Upshur… - Chemical Physics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Inferring molecular orientations from vibrational sum frequency generation (SFG) spectra is
challenging in polarization combinations that result in low signal intensities, or when the …

Determining absolute molecular orientation at interfaces: a phase retrieval approach for sum frequency generation spectroscopy

M Sovago, E Vartiainen, M Bonn - The Journal of Physical …, 2009 - ACS Publications
We report a numerical algorithm, the maximum entropy method (MEM), to obtain the
absolute phase of the sum frequency signal from vibrational sum frequency generation …

Beyond local group modes in vibrational sum frequency generation

HM Chase, BT Psciuk, BL Strick… - The Journal of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We combine deuterium labeling, density functional theory calculations, and experimental
vibrational sum frequency generation spectroscopy into a form of “counterfactual-enabled …

[HTML][HTML] Accurate molecular orientation at interfaces determined by multimode polarization-dependent heterodyne-detected sum-frequency generation spectroscopy …

CC Yu, S Imoto, T Seki, KY Chiang, S Sun… - The Journal of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Many essential processes occur at soft interfaces, from chemical reactions on aqueous
aerosols in the atmosphere to biochemical recognition and binding at the surface of cell …

Broadband models and their consequences on line shape analysis in vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy

WC Yang, DK Hore - The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Vibrational sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy can provide valuable qualitative
and quantitative information about molecular species at surface and buried interfaces. For …

Extracting structural information from the polarization dependence of one-and two-dimensional sum frequency generation spectra

JE Laaser, MT Zanni - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013 - ACS Publications
We present ways in which pulse sequences and polarizations can be used to extract
structural information from one-and two-dimensional vibrational sum frequency generation …

Vibrational sum frequency generation by the quadrupolar mechanism at the nonpolar benzene/air interface

K Matsuzaki, S Nihonyanagi… - The Journal of …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The interface selectivity of vibrational sum frequency generation (VSFG) spectroscopy is
explained under the dipole approximation as resulting from the breakdown of inversion …

Polarization-dependent heterodyne-detected sum-frequency generation spectroscopy as a tool to explore surface molecular orientation and Ångström-scale depth …

CC Yu, T Seki, KY Chiang, F Tang, S Sun… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy provides a unique optical probe for
interfacial molecules with interface-specificity and molecular specificity. SFG measurements …

Orientational time correlation functions for vibrational sum-frequency generation. 1. acetonitrile

S Liu, JT Fourkas - The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2013 - ACS Publications
Orientational time correlation functions (TCFs) are derived for vibrational sum-frequency
generation (VSFG) spectroscopy of the symmetric and asymmetric stretches of high …

Quantitative sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy of molecular surfaces and interfaces: lineshape, polarization, and orientation

HF Wang, L Velarde, W Gan, L Fu - Annual review of physical …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) can provide detailed
information and understanding of the molecular composition, interactions, and orientational …