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Structure, Organization and Heterogeneity of Water-Containing Deep Eutectic Solvents
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- The spectroscopy and structural dynamics of a deep eutectic mixture (KSCN/acetamide) with varying water content is investigated from 2D IR (with the C-N stretch vibration of the SCN$^-$ anions as the reporter) and THz spectroscopy. Molecular dynamics simulations correctly describe the non-trivial dependence of both spectroscopic signatures depending on water content. For the 2D IR spectra, the MD simulations relate the steep increase in the cross relaxation rate at high water content to parallel alignment of packed SCN$^-$ anions. Conversely, the non-linear increase of the THz absorption with increasing water content is mainly attributed to the formation of larger water clusters. The results demonstrate that a combination of structure sensitive spectroscopies and molecular dynamics simulations provides molecular-level insights into emergence of heterogeneity of such mixtures by modulating their composition.
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2207.08529
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c04169