Ultrafast phosphate hydration dynamics in bulk H2O

Researchers of the Max-Born-Institute (Berlin) use two-dimensional photon echo and pump-probe infrared spectroscopy as well as quantum chemical molecular dynamics calculations to characterize phosphate-water interactions.

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Ultrafast structural fluctuations determine the lineshapes of both linear absorption and 2D spectra of phosphate vibrations in aqueous solution, underlying the highly dynamic nature of the structural fluctuations in the hydration shell in bulk water.

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Contact: Thomas Elsaesser
Contact: Rene Costard
Contact: Benjamin Fingerhut

External funding by:
European Research Council Advanced Grant under the European Union´s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC grant agreement no. 247051
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German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Emmy Noether Programme (Grant No. FI 2034/1-1)
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