A 'clusters-in-liquid' method for calculating infrared spectra identifies the proton-transfer mode in acidic aqueous solutions

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-35

  Kulig, Waldemar ^a   Agmon, Noam ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION;

ACIDS; GASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 84871565081     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1503     Document Type: Article

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