Molecular polarizability anisotropy of liquid water revealed by terahertz-induced transient orientation

The intermolecular dynamics of liquid water impact most biological processes. Here, the authors use intense terahertz electromagnetic pulses to generate a transient, out-of-equilibrium state of the water network to show that the molecules become oriented and probe the polarizability of this anisotro...

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Main Authors: Peter Zalden, Liwei Song, Xiaojun Wu, Haoyu Huang, Frederike Ahr, Oliver D. Mücke, Joscha Reichert, Michael Thorwart, Pankaj Kr. Mishra, Ralph Welsch, Robin Santra, Franz X. Kärtner, Christian Bressler
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/ca1b28dd771a4545a3c9c6f6dc36f0d0
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Summary:The intermolecular dynamics of liquid water impact most biological processes. Here, the authors use intense terahertz electromagnetic pulses to generate a transient, out-of-equilibrium state of the water network to show that the molecules become oriented and probe the polarizability of this anisotropic state.