Vibrational states of a water molecule in a nano-cavity of beryl crystal lattice.

@article{Zhukova2014VibrationalSO,
  title={Vibrational states of a water molecule in a nano-cavity of beryl crystal lattice.},
  author={Elena S Zhukova and Victor I. Torgashev and Boris P. Gorshunov and Vladimir V. Lebedev and Gil'man S. Shakurov and Reinhard K. Kremer and Efim V. Pestrjakov and Victor G. Thomas and Dimitry A Fursenko and Anatoly S. Prokhorov and Martin Dressel},
  journal={The Journal of chemical physics},
  year={2014},
  volume={140 22},
  pages={
          224317
        }
}
Low-energy excitations of a single water molecule are studied when confined within a nano-size cavity formed by the ionic crystal lattice. Optical spectra are measured of manganese doped beryl single crystal Mn:Be3Al2Si6O18, that contains water molecules individually isolated in 0.51 nm diameter voids within the crystal lattice. Two types of orientation are distinguished: water-I molecules have their dipole moments aligned perpendicular to the c axis and dipole moments of water-II molecules are… 
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