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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 108, Issue 52, Pages 20902-20907Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1115055108
Keywords
multidimensional spectroscopy; vibrational spectroscopy; surface-sensitive; Pt catalysis; CO monolayer
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- National Science Foundation (NSF) through the University of Wisconsin-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center [DMR-0520527]
- Center of Excellence for Materials Research and Innovation [DMR-1121288, CHE-1012380]
- NSF [DGE-0718123]
- Division Of Chemistry
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien [1012380] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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In the last ten years, two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy has become an important technique for studying molecular structures and dynamics. We report the implementation of heterodyne detected two-dimensional sum-frequency generation (HD 2D SFG) spectroscopy, which is the analog of 2D infrared (2D IR) spectroscopy, but is selective to noncentrosymmetric systems such as interfaces. We implement the technique using mid-IR pulse shaping, which enables rapid scanning, phase cycling, and automatic phasing. Absorptive spectra are obtained, that have the highest frequency resolution possible, from which we extract the rephasing and nonrephasing signals that are sometimes preferred. Using this technique, we measure the vibrational mode of CO adsorbed on a polycrystalline Pt surface. The 2D spectrum reveals a significant inhomogenous contribution to the spectral line shape, which is quantified by simulations. This observation indicates that the surface conformation and environment of CO molecules is more complicated than the simple atop configuration assumed in previous work. Our method can be straightforwardly incorporated into many existing SFG spectrometers. The technique enables one to quantify inhomogeneity, vibrational couplings, spectral diffusion, chemical exchange, and many other properties analogous to 2D IR spectroscopy, but specifically for interfaces.
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