吡虫啉的太赫兹(THz)光谱研究

Terahertz Spectroscopic Investigation of Imidacloprid

由超短激光脉冲产生的脉冲波是具有较宽频带的电磁辐射,属于远红外波段,该波段电磁波与物质的相互作用是个崭新的研究领域。文章利用太赫兹时域光谱技术测量了室温下吡虫啉在0.2～2.0THz范围内的吸收谱和折射率谱。结果表明吡虫啉在此波段有明显的特征吸收峰且吸收系数随频率的增加而增大,折射率也随频率的增加而有所增大,其平均折射率为1.65。实验研究的同时,运用半经验理论计算了吡虫啉分子的结构及其在太赫兹波段的振动频率,并根据计算结果对实验数据进行了解析。计算结果与实验光谱吻合得很好,实验光谱的特征吸收峰是由分子的集体振动及扭转形成,不同的吸收峰位对应分子不同的振转模式。实验和理论研究的对比表明：分子的远红外吸收特征对于分子的结构和空间排列非常敏感,THz-TDS是研究生物分子集体振动模式和构象结构的好方法。

Terahertz radiation generated by ultra short laser pulses has a broad band width in the far-infrared range. Terahertz wave interacting with materials is a new research field. In this paper, we performed measurement of absorption coefficient and refractive index of irnidacloprid in the frequency range 0. 2-2. 0 THz at room temperature by THz-TDS. The results indicate that imidacloprid has absorption fingerprints in this frequency range, and the absorption coefficient increases with the frequency. The average refractive index of irnidacloprid is 1.65, and the refractive index of imidacloprid increases slightly with frequency. A semi-empirical theory was applied to obtain the structure and vibrational frequencies of the imidacloprid molecules in THz region. The calculated results agree well with the experimental data. The absorption features are caused by the collective vibrational and torsional modes, and different absorption peaks correspond to different vibrational modes. The comparison between experimental and theoretical study shows that far-infrared absorption features are highly sensitive to the structure and spatial arrangement of the molecules. THz-TDS is a potential tool to understand the collective vibrational modes and conformational structures of biomolecules.