Abstract
On a microscopic level, many molecular processes occur on femtosecond (10-15 s) and picosecond (10-12 s) timescales. For example, electron and proton transfers take place in a few femtoseconds and picoseconds, respectively. Water molecules reorient in a few picoseconds in liquids and exchange their hydrogen-bond partners in several picoseconds in aqueous solutions [1,2]. Carbon-carbon bond rotates in tens of picoseconds [3]. Solvent molecules around a solute can reorganize on subpicosecond and picosecond timescales upon an electronic perturbation of the solute [4,5].
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Ultrafast Infrared Vibrational Spectroscopy |
Publisher | CRC Press |
Pages | 203-238 |
Number of pages | 36 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781466510142 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781466510135 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 Jan 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- General Engineering
- General Chemistry