Water: From clusters to the bulk

R Ludwig - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Water is of fundamental importance for human life and plays an important role in many
biological and chemical systems. Although water is the most abundant compound on earth …

Molecular bonding and interactions at aqueous surfaces as probed by vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy

GL Richmond - Chemical reviews, 2002 - ACS Publications
Aqueous surfaces and interfaces are important in many physical, chemical, and biological
processes in our world. The adsorption, dissolution, and reaction of atmospheric gases at …

Vibrational spectroscopy of water at the vapor/water interface

Q Du, R Superfine, E Freysz, YR Shen - Physical Review Letters, 1993 - APS
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 …

Water at hydrophobic surfaces: weak hydrogen bonding and strong orientation effects

LF Scatena, MG Brown, GL Richmond - Science, 2001 - science.org
Vibrational studies that selectively probe molecular structure at CCl4/H2O and
hydrocarbon/H2O interfaces show that the hydrogen bonding between adjacent water …

Potential-dependent reorientation of water molecules at an electrode/electrolyte interface studied by surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy

K Ataka, T Yotsuyanagi, M Osawa - The Journal of Physical …, 1996 - ACS Publications
The structure and orientation of water molecules at a highly ordered Au (111) electrode
surface in perchloric acid have been investigated in-situ as a function of applied potential by …

Water clusters: Untangling the mysteries of the liquid, one molecule at a time

FN Keutsch, RJ Saykally - Proceedings of the National …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
Extensive terahertz laser vibration-rotation-tunneling spectra and mid-IR laser spectra have
been compiled for several isotopomers of small (dimer through hexamer) water clusters …

Role of water in electron-initiated processes and radical chemistry: Issues and scientific advances

BC Garrett, DA Dixon, DM Camaioni… - Chemical …, 2004 - ACS Publications
An understanding of electron-initiated processes in aqueous systems and the subsequent
radical chemistry these processes induce is significant in such diverse fields as waste …

Abinitio studies of cyclic water clusters (H2O)n, n=1–6. I. Optimal structures and vibrational spectra

SS Xantheas, TH Dunning Jr - The Journal of chemical physics, 1993 - pubs.aip.org
The optimal structures and harmonic vibrational frequencies of cyclic water clusters,(H2O) n,
have been determined at the Hartree–Fock (for n= 2–6) and second order perturbation …

Infrared spectroscopy of size-selected water and methanol clusters

U Buck, F Huisken - Chemical Reviews, 2000 - ACS Publications
The investigation of structural and dynamical properties of weakly bound clusters has
attracted a great deal of interest in recent years. 1-5 They provide an exceptional tool to …

Laser generation of acoustic waves in liquids and gases

MW Sigrist - Journal of applied physics, 1986 - pubs.aip.org
The laser generation of sound in liquids and gases is reviewed. The sound‐generating
mechanisms of laser interaction with matter are discussed with emphasis on the …