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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-7-1
pubmed:abstractText
The orientational correlation functions measured in the time-resolved second-harmonic generation (TRSHG) and time-resolved sum-frequency generation (TRSFG) experiments are derived. In the laboratory coordinate system, the Y(l) (m)(Omega(lab)(t))Y(2) (m)(Omega(lab)(0)) (l=1,3 and m=0,2) correlation functions, where the Y(l) (m) are spherical harmonics, describe the orientational relaxation observables of molecules at interfaces. A wobbling-in-a-cone model is used to evaluate the correlation functions. The theory demonstrates that the orientational relaxation diffusion constant is not directly obtained from an experimental decay time in contrast to the situation for a bulk liquid. Model calculations of the correlation functions are presented to demonstrate how the diffusion constant and cone half-angle affect the time-dependence of the signals in TRSHG and TRSFG experiments. Calculations for the TRSHG experiments on Coumarin C314 molecules at air-water and air-water-surfactant interfaces are presented and used to examine the implications of published experimental results for these systems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1089-7690
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
28
pubmed:volume
132
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244703
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Theory of interfacial orientational relaxation spectroscopic observables.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't