title: LIF Spectroscopy of p-Fluorophenol···Water Complex: Hydrogen Bond Vibrations, Fermi Resonance, and Vibrational Relaxation in the Excited State.
abstract: Laser-induced fluorescence (FE) and vibrationally resolved dispersed fluorescence (DF) spectra of a 1:1 water complex of p-fluorophenol (pFP) have been measured in a supersonic jet expansion. The hydrogen bond stretching fundamental (σ01) of the complex appears in the FE spectrum as a doublet with band maxima at 155 and 161 cm-1. Emission spectra recorded upon excitations of the two components reveal that a Fermi resonance between σ1and a combination involving a low-frequency intramolecular mode of pFP (mode 11) and a bending mode of water at the hydrogen bonded interface (mode ρ1) is responsible for the observed splitting. The DF spectra of the Franck-Condon active 6a01band (000+ 427 cm-1) of pFP reveals signatures of hydrogen bond induced vibrational energy relaxation (VER) predominantly from the bright (6a01) to a dark (9b1) level in S1. The relative intensities of the emission bands from the locally excited and relaxed levels indicate that VER for excitation up to this level occurs at a time scale similar to the fluorescence decay time of the complex. However, complete VER at a much faster time scale occurs for excitation beyond 822 cm-1above S1origin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2A Raja S C Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India.
authors.forename: Deb Pratim
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2A Raja S C Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India.
authors.forename: Souvick
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science 2A Raja S C Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India.
authors.forename: Tapas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chakraborty