Hydrogen Bonds and Vibrations of Water on (110) Rutile

Nitin Kumar, Sanghamitra Neogi, Paul R. C. Kent, Andrei V. Bandura§, James D. Kubicki, David J. Wesolowski, David Cole and Jorge O. Sofo*#
Department of Physics, Department of Geosciences, and Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences and Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, and St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg 198504, Russia
J. Phys. Chem. C, 2009, 113 (31), pp 13732–13740
DOI: 10.1021/jp901665e
Publication Date (Web): July 8, 2009
Copyright © 2009 American Chemical Society
* Corresponding author. E-mail: sofo@psu.edu., †

Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University.

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Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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St. Petersburg State University.

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Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

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Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

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Materials Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University.

Abstract

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We study the relation between the hydrogen bonding and the vibrational frequency spectra of water on the (110) surface of rutile (α-TiO2) with three structural layers of adsorbed water. Using ab initio molecular dynamics simulations at 280, 300, and 320 K, we find strong, crystallographically controlled adsorption sites, in general agreement with synchrotron X-ray and classical molecular dynamics simulations. We demonstrate that these sites are produced by strong hydrogen bonds formed between the surface oxygen atoms and the sorbed water molecules. The strength of these bonds is manifested by substantial broadening of the stretching mode vibrational band. The overall vibrational spectrum obtained from our simulations is in good agreement with inelastic neutron scattering experiments. We correlate the vibrational spectrum with different bonds at the surface to transform these vibrational measurements into a spectroscopy of surface interactions.

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  • Published In Issue August 06, 2009
  • Article ASAPJuly 08, 2009
  • Received: February 23, 2009
    Revised: May 15, 2009

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