Infrared spectroscopic evidence for protonated water clusters forming nanoscale cages

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5674, 2004, Pages 1134-1137

  Miyazaki, Mitsuhiko ^a   Fujii, Asuka ^a   Ebata, Takayuki ^a   Mikami, Naohiko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; HYDROGEN BONDS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

NANOSCALE CAGES; PROTONATED WATER; SPECTRAL CHANGES;

WATER;

HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLE; WATER;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; DYE LASER; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED RADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 2442641397     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1096037     Document Type: Article

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