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Broadband Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy of a Liquid Surface

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An important advance in surface science has been the evolution of sum frequency generation to the application of studying surface structure and chemistry of liquid surfaces at the molecular-level by probing the vibrational signatures of surface molecules. Recently, broad-bandwidth sum frequency generation (BBSFG) spectroscopy has become an important tool for investigating gas-solid interfaces. BBSFG spectroscopy allows, theoretically, a surface sum frequency spectrum to be acquired within one pulse of the laser. In this paper, the viability of BBSFG to study inherently small nonlinear response interfaces and the time-resolving capability of this surface-selective technology are demonstrated. Presented here are the first published accounts of spectra from a liquid surface utilizing the broad-bandwidth sum frequency technology with acquisition times as low as 500 milliseconds.

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    Elizabeth L. Hommel, Gang Ma & Heather C. Allen

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Hommel, E.L., Ma, G. & Allen, H.C. Broadband Vibrational Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy of a Liquid Surface. ANAL. SCI. 17, 1325–1329 (2001). https://doi.org/10.2116/analsci.17.1325

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