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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Shugai, A.
• Nagel, U.
• Murata, Y.
• Li, Yongjun
• Mamone, S.
• Krachmalnicoff, A.
• Alom, S.
• Whitby, R. J.
• Levitt, M. H.
• Rõõm, T.

Titel

Infrared spectroscopy of an endohedral water in fullerene

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of chemical physics, 2021-03, Vol.154 (12), p.124311-124311

Ort / Verlag

United States: American Institute of Physics

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

American Institute of Physics (AIP) Journals

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• An infrared absorption spectroscopy study of the endohedral water molecule in a solid mixture of H2O@C60 and C60 was carried out at liquid helium temperature. From the evolution of the spectra during the ortho–para conversion process, the spectral lines were identified as para-H2O and ortho-H2O transitions. Eight vibrational transitions with rotational side peaks were observed in the mid-infrared: ω1, ω2, ω3, 2ω1, 2ω2, ω1 + ω3, ω2 + ω3, and 2ω2 + ω3. The vibrational frequencies ω2 and 2ω2 are lower by 1.6% and the rest by 2.4%, as compared to those of free H2O. A model consisting of a rovibrational Hamiltonian with the dipole and quadrupole moments of H2O interacting with the crystal field was used to fit the infrared absorption spectra. The electric quadrupole interaction with the crystal field lifts the degeneracy of the rotational levels. The finite amplitudes of the pure v1 and v2 vibrational transitions are consistent with the interaction of the water molecule dipole moment with a lattice-induced electric field. The permanent dipole moment of encapsulated H2O is found to be 0.50 ± 0.05 D as determined from the far-infrared rotational line intensities. The translational mode of the quantized center-of-mass motion of H2O in the molecular cage of C60 was observed at 110 cm−1 (13.6 meV).