Speakers
Dr
Jonathan Vermette
(Université de sherbrooke)Mr
Thomas Putaud
(Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (LERMA), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 8112, F-75005, Paris, France)
Description
The properties of the nuclear spin isomers of the water molecule are of great interest in astrophysics since the ortho:para ratio (OPR) is assumed to provide insight into the formation mechanism and history of comets as well as other celestial bodies [1,2]. Technological advances are also foreseen for ortho-water enriched samples in magnetic resonance applications, in analogy with hyperpolarisation experiments relying on para-hydrogen. Motivated by these perspectives, technological bottlenecks need to be overcome: the development of an efficient separation methodology and the improvement in storage strategies through a better understanding of their inter-conversion mechanism [3-5]. Recent investigations of the inter-conversion kinetics in isolated water molecules, trapped in rare gas matrices at cryogenic temperatures, may provide important clues of the underlying mechanism [6]. In particular, the inter-conversion rates accelerate dramatically in the heavier water isotopologues H217O and H218O compared the normal water. This may provide insight into the role played by intramolecular (i.e., spin-rotation and spin-spin) as well as intermolecular (i.e., rotation-translation, inter-molecular spin-spin) couplings in the inter-conversion between the ortho and para-water nuclear spin isomers which are at play in the evolution of H2O nuclear spin states in all phases of water including ice.
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6. P.-A. Turgeon, J. Vermette, G. Alexandrowicz, Y. Peperstraete, L. Philippe, M. Bertin, J.-H. Fillion, X. Michaut, and P. Ayotte, Connement eFFects on the nuclear spin isomer conversion of H2O, The Journal of Physical Chemistry A 121, 1571 (2017)
Significance statement
First study of water isotopomers nuclear spin conversion confined in rare gas matrix.
Primary author
Mr
Thomas Putaud
(Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (LERMA), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 8112, F-75005, Paris, France)
Co-authors
Benoit Tremblay
(Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8233, MONARIS, F-7005, Paris, France)
Prof.
Gil Alexandrowicz
(Technion-Israel Institute of Technology)
Dr
Isabelle Braud
(Université de Sherbrooke)
Prof.
Jean-Hugues Fillion
(Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (LERMA), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 8112, F-75005, Paris, France)
Dr
Jonathan Vermette
(Université de sherbrooke)
Dr
Laurent Philippe
(Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (LERMA), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 8112, F-75005, Paris, France)
Dr
Mathieu Bertin
(Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (LERMA), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 8112, F-75005, Paris, France)
Pascale Soulard
(Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8233, MONARIS, F-7005, Paris, France)
Prof.
Patrick Ayotte
(Université de Sherbrooke)
Dr
Pierre-Alexandre Turgeon
(Université de Sherbrooke)
Dr
Xavier Michaut
(Laboratoire d'Etudes du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique et Atmosphères (LERMA), Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS UMR 8112, F-75005, Paris, France)
