Ultrafast Dynamics of Polar Monosubstituted Benzene Liquids Studied by the Femtosecond Optical Kerr Effect
Ultrafast Dynamics of Polar Monosubstituted Benzene Liquids Studied by the Femtosecond Optical Kerr Effect
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飞秒光学克尔效应研究极性单取代苯液体的超快动力学
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2000
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S. Meech
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N. Smith;S. Meech
The femtosecond and picosecond dynamics of liquid aniline, nitrobenzene, and benzonitrile have been recorded through measurements of the optically heterodyne detected optical Kerr effect. A major part of the subpicosecond dynamics is assigned to librational motion. This assignment is supported by studies of para-substituted benzonitrile derivatives with differing moments of inertia. The librational frequencies of the three liquids are only weakly dependent on temperature but shift to lower frequency on dilution in inert solvents. The picosecond relaxation dynamics are well described by a biexponential function. The slowest relaxation time behaves, at least qualitatively, as predicted by hydrodynamic models of orientational diffusion. However, quantitative analysis suggests that some of the assumptions concerning the molecular shape or hydrodynamic boundary condition are inadequate to completely describe diffusive orientational motion in these liquids. Measurements of the slowest relaxation time as a funct...