title: Microscopic roots of alcohol-ketone demixing: infrared spectroscopy of methanol-acetone clusters.
abstract: Infrared spectra of isolated methanol-acetone clusters up to tetramers are experimentally characterized for the first time. They show evidence for a nanometer-scale demixing trend of the cold species. In combination with quantum calculations, the mutual repulsion is demonstrated to start beyond three molecular units, whereas individual molecules still prefer to form a mixed complex.
authors: Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors: Franz
authors: F
authors: Kollipost
authors: Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors: Alexandra V
authors: AV
authors: Domanskaya
authors: Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Göttingen, Tammannstrasse 6, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
authors: Martin A
authors: MA
authors: Suhm
mesh_terms: D000096:Acetone / Q000737:chemistry*; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D000096:Acetone; D000432:Methanol