The Dynamics of Aqueous Hydroxide Ion Transport Probed via Ultrafast Vibrational Echo Experiments

• Main Authors: Roberts, Sean Thomas (Contributor), Petersen, Poul B. (Contributor), Ramasesha, Krupa (Contributor), Tokmakoff, Andrei (Contributor)
• Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Spectroscopy Laboratory (Contributor)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag, 2012-03-08T20:12:09Z.
• Subjects: Article
• Online Access: Get fulltext

Paper presented at the Sixteenth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena.
We use peakshift, transient grating, and 2D IR measurements to probe the dynamics of NaOD solutions. Our experiments suggest that OD- possesses a stable solvation shell and signatures of fast intermolecular proton transfer are observed.