Rotational mode participation in long-distance vibrational energy transfer in solids

R. B. Gerber*, M. Berkowitz

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Abstract

It is shown that nonresonant vibrational energy transfer between molecules in solids can be greatly enhanced by participation of the rotational mode. This mechanism is predicted to dominate over multiphonon-assisted energy transfer for systems with a large mismatch (≫102 cm-1 between the vibrational energy spacings of the donor and the acceptor. Calculations based on this mechanism on the processes NH,ND(3Π,υ = 1) → 12CO, 13CO (in solid Ar) yield results in excellent agreement with the experimental isotope effects.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-108
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume56
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 May 1978

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