Ultrafast Vibrational Population Dynamics of Water and Related Systems:A Theoretical Perspective

摘要

For quite obvious reasons,which need not be recounted here,scientists have long been fascinated by liquid water,and accordingly,the quest for a microscopic understanding of this special and especially important liquid has a long and distinguished history.The focus of the present review is on the rapid progress within about the past decade,both experimental and theoretical,on the vibrational aspects of liquid water,as probed by nonlinear ultrafast infrared and Raman spectroscopic methods of various sorts;discussions of some of the experimental techniques involved can be found,for ex-