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Coherent X-rays reveal the influence of cage effects on ultrafast water dynamics.

ABSTRACT: The dynamics of liquid water feature a variety of time scales, ranging from extremely fast ballistic-like thermal motion, to slower molecular diffusion and hydrogen-bond rearrangements. Here, we utilize coherent X-ray pulses to investigate the sub-100 fs equilibrium dynamics of water from ambient conditions down to supercooled temperatures. This novel approach utilizes the inherent capability of X-ray speckle visibility spectroscopy to measure equilibrium intermolecular dynamics with lengthscale selectivity, by measuring oxygen motion in momentum space. The observed decay of the speckle contrast at the first diffraction peak, which reflects tetrahedral coordination, is attributed to motion on a molecular scale within the first 120 fs. Through comparison with molecular dynamics simulations, we conclude that the slowing down upon cooling from 328 K down to 253 K is not due to simple thermal ballistic-like motion, but that cage effects play an important role even on timescales over 25 fs due to hydrogen-bonding.

SUBMITTER: Perakis F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5953967 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Coherent X-rays reveal the influence of cage effects on ultrafast water dynamics.

Perakis Fivos F Camisasca Gaia G Lane Thomas J TJ Späh Alexander A Wikfeldt Kjartan Thor KT Sellberg Jonas A JA Lehmkühler Felix F Pathak Harshad H Kim Kyung Hwan KH Amann-Winkel Katrin K Schreck Simon S Song Sanghoon S Sato Takahiro T Sikorski Marcin M Eilert Andre A McQueen Trevor T Ogasawara Hirohito H Nordlund Dennis D Roseker Wojciech W Koralek Jake J Nelson Silke S Hart Philip P Alonso-Mori Roberto R Feng Yiping Y Zhu Diling D Robert Aymeric A Grübel Gerhard G Pettersson Lars G M LGM Nilsson Anders A

Nature communications 20180515 1

The dynamics of liquid water feature a variety of time scales, ranging from extremely fast ballistic-like thermal motion, to slower molecular diffusion and hydrogen-bond rearrangements. Here, we utilize coherent X-ray pulses to investigate the sub-100 fs equilibrium dynamics of water from ambient conditions down to supercooled temperatures. This novel approach utilizes the inherent capability of X-ray speckle visibility spectroscopy to measure equilibrium intermolecular dynamics with lengthscale ...[more]

PMID: 29765052

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