Hydration structure and dynamics of a hydroxide ion in water clusters of varying size and temperature: Quantum chemical and ab initio molecular dynamics studies

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• 作者：Arindam Bankura¹ ; Amalendu Chandra ; ^{amalen@iitk.ac.in}
• 关键词：Hydroxide ion ; Water clusters ; Ab initio molecular dynamics ; Surface solvation ; Proton transfer
• 刊名：Chemical Physics
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：18_03010104
• 类别：ch
• 出版时间：25 May, 2012
• 卷：400
• 期：Complete
• 页码：154-164
• 文件大小：1052 K

摘要

We have investigated the hydration structure and dynamics of OH^{鈭?/sup>(H₂O)_n clusters (n = 4, 8, 16 and 20) by means of quantum chemical and ab initio molecular dynamics calculations. Quantum chemical calculations reveal that the solvation structure of the hydroxide ion transforms from three and four-coordinated surface states to five-coordinated interior state with increase in cluster size. Several other isomeric structures with energies not very different from the most stable isomer are also found. Ab initio simulations show that the most probable configurations at higher temperatures need not be the lowest energy isomeric structure. The rates of proton transfer in these clusters are found to be slower than that in bulk water. The vibrational spectral calculations reveal distinct features for free OH (deuterated) stretch modes of water in different hydrogen bonding states. Effects of temperature on the structural and dynamical properties are also investigated for the largest cluster considered here.}