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Molecular dynamics with quantum transitions study of the vibrational relaxation of the HOD bend fundamental in liquid
Adolfo Bastida1, José Zúñiga, Alberto Requena
1Departamento de Química Física, Regional Campus of International Excellence Campus Mare Nostrum, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain. bastida@um.es
Abstract:
The molecular dynamics with quantum transitions method is used to study the vibrational relaxation of the HOD bend fundamental in liquid D(2)O. All of the vibrational bending degrees of freedom of the HOD and D(2)O molecules are described by quantum mechanics, while the remaining translational and rotational degrees of freedom are described classically. The effect of the coupling between the rotational and vibrational degrees of freedom of the deuterated water molecules is analyzed. A kinetic mechanism based on three steps is proposed in order to interpret the dynamics of the system. It is shown that intermolecular vibrational energy transfer plays an important role in the relaxation process and also that the transfer of energy into the rotational degrees of freedom is favored over the transfer of energy into the translational motions. The thermalization of the system after the relaxation is reached in a shorter time scale than that of the recovery of the hydrogen bond network. The relaxation and equilibration times obtained compare well with experimental and previous theoretical results.
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