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Infrared spectroscopy of neutral water clusters at finite temperature: Evidence for a noncyclic pentamer.

ABSTRACT: Infrared spectroscopic study of neutral water clusters is crucial to understanding of the hydrogen-bonding networks in liquid water and ice. Here we report infrared spectra of size-selected neutral water clusters, (H₂O) _n (n = 3-6), in the OH stretching vibration region, based on threshold photoionization using a tunable vacuum ultraviolet free-electron laser. Distinct OH stretch vibrational fundamentals observed in the 3,500-3,600-cm^-1 region of (H₂O)₅ provide unique spectral signatures for the formation of a noncyclic pentamer, which coexists with the global-minimum cyclic structure previously identified in the gas phase. The main features of infrared spectra of the pentamer and hexamer, (H₂O) _n (n = 5 and 6), span the entire OH stretching band of liquid water, suggesting that they start to exhibit the richness and diversity of hydrogen-bonding networks in bulk water.

SUBMITTER: Zhang B

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7355007 | biostudies-literature |

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