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Hydrogen bonding at the water surface revealed by isotopic dilution spectroscopy

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  • Igor V. Stiopkin

    (Wayne State University
    Present addresses: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA (I.V.S.); Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OR6 Canada (C.W.); Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA (F.Y.S. and A.V.B.).)

  • Champika Weeraman

    (Wayne State University
    Present addresses: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA (I.V.S.); Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OR6 Canada (C.W.); Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA (F.Y.S. and A.V.B.).)

  • Piotr A. Pieniazek

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Fadel Y. Shalhout

    (Wayne State University
    Present addresses: Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA (I.V.S.); Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A OR6 Canada (C.W.); Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA (F.Y.S. and A.V.B.).)

  • James L. Skinner

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Alexander V. Benderskii

    (Wayne State University)

Abstract

Probing into water Surface phenomena at the air–water interface are of vital importance in many situations, from oceanography to atmospheric and environmental chemistry. An unanswered question in the field is how thin is the interfacial region — or how soon do the properties of bulk liquid water reappear as the interface is crossed. Using spectroscopy to probe the 'free OD' vibrational mode of water molecules with an oxygen–deuterium bond protruding from the surface and theoretical modelling to interpret the results, Stiopkin et al. find that water molecules straddling the interface form hydrogen bonds that are only slightly weaker than those in bulk water. This suggests a remarkably rapid onset of bulk-phase behaviour, and an extremely short 'healing length' for the interface on crossing from the air into the water phase.

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  • Igor V. Stiopkin & Champika Weeraman & Piotr A. Pieniazek & Fadel Y. Shalhout & James L. Skinner & Alexander V. Benderskii, 2011. "Hydrogen bonding at the water surface revealed by isotopic dilution spectroscopy," Nature, Nature, vol. 474(7350), pages 192-195, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:474:y:2011:i:7350:d:10.1038_nature10173
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10173
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