Editorial on the special issue of JRS on Vibrational Spectroscopy of Water
Editorial on the special issue of JRS on Vibrational Spectroscopy of Water
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JRS 水振动光谱学特刊的社论
DOI:
10.1002/jrs.6451
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发表时间:
2022
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通讯作者:
and Hiro-o Hamaguchi
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作者:
Shoichi Yamaguchi;Roumiana Tsenkova;and Hiro-o Hamaguchi
We cannot overstate the importance of water that is the most abundant compound on the surface of Earth and also the principal constituent of all living organisms. Water plays a central role in science and technology extensively. The structure-property relationship of water is pertinent to understanding life on Earth, deepening geoscience, synthesizing new materials, exploring the universe with quests for life, developing chemical industries, and so on. Much of what is known about its structure-property relationship comes from none other than vibrational spectroscopy. It allows for studying water in any phases and forms at almost arbitrary temperature and pressure with ultimate spatial and temporal resolution. It is an indispensable tool to advance our understanding of water.This special issue of JRS showcases recent advances in vibrational spectroscopy of water from experimental and theoretical viewpoints. One notes that the papers in this issue employ various tools such as Raman, IR, NIR, SFG (sum frequency generation), and theoretical spectroscopies to investigate water in application-oriented as well as fundamental aspects. It is also noted that this issue deals with water in diverse environments: eg, crystalline phases, amorphous states, solid surfaces, soft interfaces, ionic liquids, hydration shells, bulk ambienttemperature and supercooled liquids, high-pressure phases, etc. The microscopic structure of liquid water is still a matter of hot debate persisting for more than 100 years. In this special issue, Hamaguchi addressed this long-standing problem using Raman spectroscopy powered by state-of-the-art multivariate curve resolution (MCR) analysis.[1] Korepanov and coworkers applied hyper-Raman spectroscopy to liquid water for obtaining new insight into its hydrogen-bond structure.[2] Ozaki and coworkers employed two-dimensional correlation Raman spectroscopy to investigate the temperature dependence of the liquid structure including supercooled water.[3] Inoue and Okuno studied the molecular structure of hydrated protons in acidic solution using hyper-Raman spectroscopy.[4] From emerging aquaphotomics point of view, Shao et al. carried out NIR and Raman spectroscopy of water and various aqueous systems reporting new aspects of the hydrogen-bond structure.[5] The solvation structure in aqueous solution is also an important issue in most subdisciplines of chemistry. Hu and coworkers reported Raman spectroscopic study of the hydration structure