Accession Number:

ADP007927

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Vibrational Spectroscopy of Competitive Adsorption at a Liquid/Solid Interface using IR-Visible Sum-Frequency Generation,

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EXXON RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING CO ANNANDALE NJ

Report Date:

1992-05-22

Abstract:

Optical IR-Visible sum-frequency generation SFG, a surface vibrational spectroscopy, has been used to study competitive adsorption at a hydroxylated ZrO2 surface in contact with a number of binary solutions. This technique is similar to surface second harmonic generation SHG in that it is forbidden in the dipole approximation in spatial regions possessing inversion symmetry. Therefore, systems consisting of an interface bound by centrosymmetric media give rise to a nonlinear response which is dominated by that of the interfacial region. In addition to being surface specific, the SFG signal from the liquidsolid interface can be resonantly enhanced when the incident IR laser source used in the generation process is tuned through a vibrational mode in the adsorbed species, provided the mode is both Raman and IR active. This vibrational information allows identification of the adsorbed molecule as well as measurements of surface coverage, molecular orientation, and adsorbate interactions for a number of the two-component liquid systems.

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This article is from 'Organization of the Optical Society of America Photonic Science Topical Meeting Series. Volume 3. The Microphysics of Surfaces: Beam-Induced Processes. Held in Santa Fe, New Mexico on 11-13 Feb 1991.' AD-A254 135,p118-121.

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