title: A bond-order analysis of the mechanism for hydrated proton mobility in liquid water.
abstract: Bond-order analysis is introduced to facilitate the study of cooperative many-molecule effects on proton mobility in liquid water, as simulated using the multistate empirical valence-bond methodology. We calculate the temperature dependence for proton mobility and the total effective bond orders in the first two solvation shells surrounding the H(5)O(2) (+) proton-transferring complex. We find that proton-hopping between adjacent water molecules proceeds via this intermediate, but couples to hydrogen-bond dynamics in larger water clusters than previously anticipated. A two-color classification of these hydrogen bonds leads to an extended mechanism for proton mobility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry and Fritz Haber Research Center, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
authors.forename: Hadas
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lapid
authors.forename: Noam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agmon
authors.forename: Matt K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Gregory A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Voth