The infrared absorption spectra of the CO monomer isolated in solid N2 have been recorded at various temperatures between 4.5 and 30 K. The absorption features of the fundamen- tal stretching mode show its linewidth a...The infrared absorption spectra of the CO monomer isolated in solid N2 have been recorded at various temperatures between 4.5 and 30 K. The absorption features of the fundamen- tal stretching mode show its linewidth and matrix-induced frequency shift to be weakly temperature-dependent. As the temperature of the matrix was raised, an increase in the linewidth together with a redshift in the central frequency was observed. These observations were explained in terms of the quenching of the CO rotational states by the N2 matrix into closely-lying librational states. A quantitative model was then used to calculate the energy difference between these librational states. Results show that they can be thermally populated through the absorption of matrix phonons.展开更多
基金ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This work was supported by the Young International Scientist Fellowship from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Natural Science Foundation （No.21225314 and No.11150110457）, the National Basic Research Program of China （No.2010CB923300）, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities .
文摘The infrared absorption spectra of the CO monomer isolated in solid N2 have been recorded at various temperatures between 4.5 and 30 K. The absorption features of the fundamen- tal stretching mode show its linewidth and matrix-induced frequency shift to be weakly temperature-dependent. As the temperature of the matrix was raised, an increase in the linewidth together with a redshift in the central frequency was observed. These observations were explained in terms of the quenching of the CO rotational states by the N2 matrix into closely-lying librational states. A quantitative model was then used to calculate the energy difference between these librational states. Results show that they can be thermally populated through the absorption of matrix phonons.
