Vibrational spectroscopy Raman polarization

The general task is to trace the evolution of the third order polarization of the material created by each of the above 12 Raman field operators. For brevity, we choose to select only the subset of eight that is based on two colours only—a situation that is connnon to almost all of the Raman spectroscopies. Tliree-coloiir Raman studies are rather rare, but are most interesting, as demonstrated at both third and fifth order by the work in Wright s laboratory [21, 22, 23 and 24]- That work anticipates variations that include infrared resonances and the birth of doubly resonant vibrational spectroscopy (DOVE) and its two-dimensional Fourier transfomi representations analogous to 2D NMR [25]. 

Raman spectroscopy is an inelastic light scattering experiment for which the intensity depends on the amplitude of the polarizability variation associated with the molecular vibration under consideration. The polarizability variation is represented by a second-rank tensor, oiXyZ, the Raman tensor. Information about orientation arises because the intensity of the scattered light depends on the orientation of the Raman tensor with respect to the polarization directions of the electric fields of the incident and scattered light. Like IR spectroscopy, Raman... 

In order to realize molecular-vibration spectroscopy, coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) spectroscopy is employed, which is one of the most widely used nonlinear Raman spectroscopes (Shen 1984). CARS spectroscopy uses three incident fields including a pump field (< i), a Stokes field (0)2, 0 2 < 1) and a probe field (<0/ = <0i), and induces a nonlinear polarization at the frequency of <03 = 2<0i - <02 which is given in a scalar form by... 

An alternative experiment that measures the same vibrational fundamentals subject to different selection rules is Raman spectroscopy. Raman intensities, however, are more difficult to compute than IR intensities, as a mixed third derivative is required to approximate the change in the molecular polarizability with respect to the vibration that is measured by the experiment. The sensitivity of Raman intensities to basis set and correlation is even larger than it is for IR intensities. However, Halls, Velkovski, and Schlegel (2001) have reported good results from use of the large polarized valence-triple-f basis set of Sadlej (1992) and... 

When an electron is injected into a polar solvent such as water or alcohols, the electron is solvated and forms so-called the solvated electron. This solvated electron is considered the most basic anionic species in solutions and it has been extensively studied by variety of experimental and theoretical methods. Especially, the solvated electron in water (the hydrated electron) has been attracting much interest in wide fields because of its fundamental importance. It is well-known that the solvated electron in water exhibits a very broad absorption band peaked around 720 nm. This broad absorption is mainly attributed to the s- p transition of the electron in a solvent cavity. Recently, we measured picosecond time-resolved Raman scattering from water under the resonance condition with the s- p transition of the solvated electron, and found that strong transient Raman bands appeared in accordance with the generation of the solvated electron [1]. It was concluded that the observed transient Raman scattering was due to the water molecules that directly interact with the electron in the first solvation shell. Similar results were also obtained by a nanosecond Raman study [2]. This finding implies that we are now able to study the solvated electron by using vibrational spectroscopy. In this paper, we describe new information about the ultrafast dynamics of the solvated electron in water, which are obtained by time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy. 

These devices are based on the anisotropic absorption of light. Usually molecular crystals exhibit this property and tourmaline is the classical example for this. For practical purposes, however, micro crystals are oriented in polymer sheets. Polymers containing chromophors become after stretching dichroic polarizers. The devices produced in this manner are called polawids. They have found a broad application in many technologies. Their application in spectroscopy is limited to the near ultraviolet and to the visible and near infrared range of the spectrum. In vibrational spectroscopy polaroids are employed as analyzers only for Raman spectroscopy. 

Infrared, near-infrared (see Sec. 6.2), and Raman high-pressure techniques are very suitable tools for the characterization of fluid states and especially for the quantitative analysis of fluids. Sec. 6.7.2 shows a few cells which are u.sed for the vibrational spectroscopy of fluids at pressures up to a maximum of 7 kbar and at temperatures up to 650 °C, although the maximum conditions of both pressure and temperature arc not simultaneously applied (see also Buback, 1991). Sec. 6.7.3 describes changes in the vibrational spectra of polar substances and of aqueous solutions, and Sec. 6.7.4 presents a few applications of high-pressure spectroscopy in the investigation of chemical transformations. 

Volume 50 of Advances in Catalysis, published in 2006, was the hrst of a set of three focused on physical characterization of solid catalysts in the functioning state. This volume is the second in the set. The hrst four chapters are devoted to vibrational spectroscopies, including Fourier transform infrared (Lamberti et al.), ultraviolet Raman (Stair), inelastic neutron scattering (Albers and Parker), and infrared-visible sum frequency generation and polarization-modulation infrared rehection absorption (Rupprechter). Additional chapters deal with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) (Bruckner) and Mossbauer spectroscopies (Millet) and oscillating microbalance catalytic reactors (Chen et al.). 

Complementary to infrared, Raman spectroscopy (2) provides unique information about molecular structure. Whereas polar groups and antisymmetrical vibrations of molecular fragments are better detected by IR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy is more suitable for the identification of unpolar groups and symmetrical vibrations of molecular fragments. However, dispersive Raman spectroscopy did not find general acceptance in the analytical laboratory during... 

Horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase (LADH) catalyzes the reactions of aldehydes and their corresponding alcohols with the coenzymes NADH and NAD+. Activation of substrate complexes via polarization of substrate C=0 bond has been observed in LADH by vibrational spectroscopy. Two enzyme complexes have been studied by difference Raman measurements, the E/NADH DABA complex [17, 18] and the E/NADH CXF complex [19]. DABA is a poor substrate while CXF is a substrate analog. X-ray crystallography has shown that the polarization of the substrate C=0 bond is mainly due to a coordination to the active site Zn++ ion [20, 21]. For example, polarization of the C=0 bond of DABA in the LADH complex was found to be substantial, half way between a single and double bond as compared to DABA in solution [18]. 

Raman Spectroscopy. Raman spectroscopy of steroids offers considerable promise as a technique for structural studies, complementing i.r. spectroscopy. Vibrations of the non-polar parts of the steroid molecule dominate in the Raman spectrum, and olefinic and aromatic systems are especially prominent. Tetra-substituted olefinic bonds [e.g. which are not readily identified by other... 

The El modes, perpendicularly polarized in the IR, are depolarized in the Raman spectrum. Finally, the modes with the E2 symmetry are Raman-active and depolarized but inactive in the IR. Thus, with the use of vibrational spectroscopy and group theory, Koenig (9) deduced the helical structure of POE that consisted of a succession of trans, gauche, and trans forms around the O-C, C-C, and C-O bonds, respectively. These results were confirmed later 10, 11),... 

The purpose of this review has been to illustrate and document the kinds of information about non-aqueous solvent systems which have been obtained by vibrational spectroscopy. We have seen that these include insight into intermolecular forces and structure of the pure solvents, the nature of the solvation shell around ions and their solvation numbers, the identification of ion pairs and complexes, measurement of mass law constants and their dependence on the polarity of the solvent, the detection and characterisation of the hydrogen bond and measurement of acid and base strengths. Little kinetic data have so far been obtained by Raman spectroscopy but recent progress in the study of ultra-fast proton transfer and the detection of associated ions of type [Br , (Bra)] during the bromination of acetic acid presage considerable advance in this area in the future. ... 

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