Stimulated Raman spectroscopic study of intermolecular vibrations of size-selected benzonitrile clusters
R.Yamamoto, T. Ebata, and N. Mikami,
Eur. Phys. J. D 20, 403 (2002).

Low frequency intermolecular vibrations of benzonitrile-(H2O)n=1-3, -(CH3OH)n=1-3, and -(CHCl3)n=1-3 clusters were observed by stimulated Raman-UV double resonance spectroscopy combined with fluorescence detection. The Raman active vibrations, which appear in the region from 5 to 50 cm-1, exhibit characteristic frequency shifts depending on the cluster structure and on the cluster size. In benzonitrile-(H2O)n=1-3, and -(CH3OH)n=1-3, the lowest frequency band showed a lower frequency shift with an increase of the number of solvent molecules. On the other hand, that of benzonitrile-(CHCl3)n=1-3 showed a shift to higher frequency side. Their characteristic shifts are discussed based on the structure of the clusters.

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