IR spectroscopy of glycine-water clusters in helium nanodroplets

Pal, Nitish

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Title

IR spectroscopy of glycine-water clusters in helium nanodroplets

Author(s)

Pal, Nitish

Contributor(s)

• Havenith, Martina
• van der Meer, Lex
• Redlich, Britta
• Schwaab, Gerhard
• Roy, Tarun Kumar
• Schwan, Raffael
• Mani, Devendra

Issue Date

2019-06-21

Keyword(s)

Clusters/complexes

Abstract

We have studied water induced zwitterionization of glycine using helium nanodroplets isolation infrared spectroscopy. In the past, this process has been studied using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy.$^{1}$ However, spectroscopic fingerprint for zwitterion formation could not be assigned, unambiguously. This triggered various theoretical studies for predicting the energetic stabilization and vibrational fingerprint of zwitterionic glycine-(\chem{H_2O})$_{n}$ (n=1-10) clusters.$^{2}$ In this study, we have exploited the barrier free diffusion property of helium droplets to stepwise add water molecules to one molecule of glycine. Herein we present the infrared spectra of glycine-(\chem{H_2O})$_{n}$ clusters recorded in the range of 1000-1850 \wn , using the free electron lasers (FELs) at FELIX laboratory in Nijmegen. \textbf{References}: \textbf{1)} R. Ramaekers, J. Pajak, B. Lambie and G. Maes, \textit{J. Chem. Phys.}, \textbf{120}, 4182 (2004). \textbf{2)} R. Perez de Tudela and D. Marx, \textit{J. Phys. Chem. Lett.}, \textbf{7}, 5137 (2016). Note: This work was supported by the Cluster of Excellence RESOLV (Ruhr-Universitat EXC1069) funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM) and LASERLAB-EUROPE grant 654148 for the support of the FELIX Laboratory.

Publisher

International Symposium on Molecular Spectroscopy

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text

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104529

DOI

https://doi.org/10.15278/isms.2019.FC02

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Copyright 2019 Nitish Pal

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