Separation and conversion dynamics of nuclear-spin isomers of gaseous methanol.

Separation and conversion dynamics of nuclear-spin isomers of gaseous methanol.
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气态甲醇核自旋异构体的分离和转化动力学

DOI:
10.1038/ncomms7877
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发表时间:
2015-04-16
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Zheng Y
Zheng Y
中科院分区:
综合性期刊1区
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作者:
Sun ZD;Ge M;Zheng Y

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All symmetrical molecules with non-zero nuclear spin exist in nature as nuclear-spin isomers (NSIs). However, owing to the lack of experimental information, knowledge is rare about interconversions of NSIs of gaseous molecules with torsional symmetry. Here we report our separation and conversion observations on NSI-torsion-specific transition systems of gaseous methanol from a light-induced drift experiment involving partially spatial separation of the ortho and para isomers. We find that vibrationally excited molecules of the methanol spin isomer have a smaller collision cross-section than their ground-state counterparts. Interconversion of the enriched ortho isomer with the para isomer, which is generally considered improbable, has been quantitatively studied by sensitive detections of the spectral intensities. Rather counterintuitively, this reveals that the interconversion is inhibited with increasing pressure. Our results suggest that the spin conversion mechanism in methanol is via a quantum relaxation process with the quantum Zeno effect induced by molecular collisions.
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