KANIA, Rafal Józef, Joseph K'ekuboni MALONGWE, Dana NACHTIGALLOVÁ, Ján KRAUSKO, Ivan GLADICH, Martina ROESELOVÁ, Dominik HEGER and Petr KLÁN. Spectroscopic Properties of Benzene at the Air–Ice Interface: A Combined Experimental–Computational Approach. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2014, vol. 118, No 35, p. 7535-7547. ISSN 1089-5639. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp501094n.
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Original name Spectroscopic Properties of Benzene at the Air–Ice Interface: A Combined Experimental–Computational Approach
Authors KANIA, Rafal Józef (616 Poland, belonging to the institution), Joseph K'ekuboni MALONGWE (180 Democratic Republic of the Congo, belonging to the institution), Dana NACHTIGALLOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Ján KRAUSKO (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Ivan GLADICH (203 Czech Republic), Martina ROESELOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Dominik HEGER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr KLÁN (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2014, 1089-5639.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10401 Organic chemistry
Country of publisher United States of America
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.693
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/14:00074347
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp501094n
UT WoS 000341337800041
Keywords in English Ice; snow; benzene; spectroscopy; calculations
Tags AKR, rivok
Changed by Changed by: prof. RNDr. Petr Klán, Ph.D., učo 32829. Changed: 19/2/2015 13:30.
Abstract
A combined experimental and computational approach was used to study the spectroscopic properties of benzene at the ice–air interface at 253 and 77 K in comparison with its spectroscopic behavior in aqueous solutions. Benzene-contaminated ice samples were prepared either by shock-freezing of benzene aqueous solutions or by benzene vapor-deposition on pure ice grains and examined using UV diffuse reflectance and emission spectroscopies. Neither the absorption nor excitation nor emission spectra provided unambiguous evidence of benzene associates on the ice surface even at a higher surface coverage. Only a small increase in the fluorescence intensity in the region above 290 nm found experimentally might be associated with formation of benzene excimers perturbed by the interaction with the ice surface as shown by ADC(2) excited-state calculations. The benzene associates were found by MD simulations and ground-state DFT calculations, although not in the arrangement that corresponds to the excimer structures. Our experimental results clearly demonstrated that the energy of the S0-S1 electronic transition of benzene is not markedly affected by the phase change or the microenvironment at the ice–air interface and its absorption is limited to the wavelengths below 268 nm. Neither benzene interactions with the water molecules of ice nor the formation of dimers and microcrystals at the air–ice interface thus causes any substantial bathochromic shift in its absorption spectrum. Such a critical evaluation of the photophysical properties of organic contaminants of snow and ice is essential for predictions and modeling of chemical processes occurring in polar regions.
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EE2.3.30.0037, research and development projectName: Zaměstnáním nejlepších mladých vědců k rozvoji mezinárodní spolupráce
GAP503/10/0947, research and development projectName: Důsledky fotochemické aktivity organických polutantů v polárních oblastech
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
LO1214, research and development projectName: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
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