The bifurcation rearrangement in cyclic water clusters: Breaking and making hydrogen bonds

Authors
Brown, MG Keutsch, FN Saykally, RJ
Citation
Mg. Brown et al., The bifurcation rearrangement in cyclic water clusters: Breaking and making hydrogen bonds, J CHEM PHYS, 109(22), 1998, pp. 9645-9647
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00219606 → ACNP
Volume
109
Issue
22
Year of publication
1998
Pages
9645 - 9647
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(199812)109:22<9645:TBRICW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Tunneling patterns observed in the vibration-rotation-tunnelling spectrum o f (H2O)(5) measured near 2.7 THz established the time scale:For bifurcation rearrangements to be approximately 40 ns. This relatively local process is likely to be relevant in the dynamics of liquid water and ice. (C) 1998 Am erican Institute of Physics. [S0021-9606(98)02146-1].