An ultrafast vibrational study of dynamical heterogeneity in the protic ionic liquid ethyl-ammonium nitrate. I. Room temperature dynamics
Using ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2D-IR), a vibrational probe (thiocyanate, SCN−) was used to investigate the hydrogen bonding network of the protic ionic liquid ethyl-ammonium nitrate (EAN) in comparison to H2O. The 2D-IR experiments were performed in both parallel (⟨ZZZZ⟩) and...
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of chemical physics 2021-04, Vol.154 (13), p.134502-134502 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Using ultrafast two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy (2D-IR), a vibrational probe (thiocyanate, SCN−) was used to investigate the hydrogen bonding network of the protic ionic liquid ethyl-ammonium nitrate (EAN) in comparison to H2O. The 2D-IR experiments were performed in both parallel (⟨ZZZZ⟩) and perpendicular (⟨ZZXX⟩) polarizations at room temperature. In EAN, the non-Gaussian lineshape in the FTIR spectrum of SCN− suggests two sub-ensembles. Vibrational relaxation rates extracted from the 2D-IR spectra provide evidence of the dynamical differences between the two sub-ensembles. We support the interpretation of two sub-ensembles with response function simulations of two overlapping bands with different vibrational relaxation rates and, otherwise, similar dynamics. The measured rates for spectral diffusion depend on polarization, indicating reorientation-induced spectral diffusion (RISD). A model of restricted molecular rotation (wobbling in a cone) fully describes the observed spectral diffusion in EAN. In H2O, both RISD and structural spectral diffusion contribute with similar timescales. This complete characterization of the dynamics at room temperature provides the basis for the temperature-dependent measurements in Paper II of this series. |
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ISSN: | 0021-9606 1089-7690 |
DOI: | 10.1063/5.0044822 |