Anisotropic X-Ray Scattering of Transiently Oriented Water.
Journal
Physical review letters
ISSN: 1079-7114
Titre abrégé: Phys Rev Lett
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0401141
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
14 Aug 2020
14 Aug 2020
Historique:
received:
28
04
2020
accepted:
08
07
2020
entrez:
29
8
2020
pubmed:
29
8
2020
medline:
29
8
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We study the structural dynamics of liquid water by time-resolved anisotropic x-ray scattering under the optical Kerr effect condition. In this way, we can separate the anisotropic scattering decay of 160 fs from the delayed temperature increase of ∼0.1 K occurring at 1 ps and quantify transient changes in the O-O pair distribution function. Polarizable molecular dynamics simulations reproduce well the experiment, indicating transient alignment of molecules along the electric field, which shortens the nearest-neighbor distances. In addition, analysis of the simulated water local structure provides evidence that two hypothesized fluctuating water configurations exhibit different polarizability.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32857536
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.076002
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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