Average molecular orientations in the adsorbed water layers on silicon oxide in ambient conditions
- 16 July 2008
- journal article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Vol. 10 (32), 4981-4986
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b810309g
Abstract
The average molecular orientation in the adsorbed water layers formed on amorphous SiO2 in ambient conditions was determined as a function of relative humidity using polarization attenuated total reflectance infrared spectroscopy (ATR-IR). The silicon oxide surface was prepared by chemically cleaning in aqueous solution, washing with water, and drying with argon. After drying, this produced a SiO2 surface with hydroxyl groups, giving rise to a water contact angle s- to p-polarization absorbances. At low relative humidities, the highly hydrogen bonded solid-like structure exhibits a dichroic ratio as low as 0.4, while the liquid water structure exhibits a dichroic ratio close to 1.0. As the relative humidity increases, the dichroic ratio of both water structures approaches a dichroic ratio of 0.70.8, which is consistent with the random orientation of molecules of bulk water and ice.This publication has 60 references indexed in Scilit:
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