The normal mode spectrum of the deuteron in the Skyrme model is computed. We find a bound doublet mode below the pion mass, which can be related to the wellknown 90◦ scattering of two skyrmions. We also find a singlet ‘breather’ mode and another doublet above the pion mass. The qualitative pattern of the spectrum is similar to that recently found for the B = 4 multiskyrmion. The symmetries of a...

The dynamics of the CN‒-ligated ferric cytochrome c (CytcCN) in D2O at 283 K following Q-band photoexcitation at 575 nm was observed using femtosecond time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy. The equilibrium vibrational spectrum of the CN stretching mode of CytcCN shows two overlapping bands: one main band (82%) at 2122 cm‒1 with 23 cm‒1 full width at half maximum (fwhm) and the other band (18%)...

Enantioenriched square-pyramidal oxo- and sulfidorhenium(v) complexes have been prepared and their stereochemistry studied by vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy.

Interstitial oxygen in silicon (Si:O) is a model system for the study of vibrational modes in semiconductors. Hydrostatic pressure has been used to probe the vibrational properties of this defect. In this paper, the results of infrared (IR) spectroscopy experiments on Si : O and Si : O are reviewed. As pressure is applied, the oxygen atom buckles outward. This structural change results in a qua...

We characterize the influence of graphene nanoribbon plasmon excitation on the vibrational spectra of surface-absorbed polymers. As the detuning between the graphene plasmon frequency and a vibrational frequency of the polymer decreases, the vibrational peak intensity first increases and is then transformed into a region of narrow optical transparency as the frequencies overlap. Examples of thi...

Picosecond time-resolved IR-UV pump-probe spectroscopy has been carried out to elucidate vibrational energy relaxation (VER) of the NH stretching vibrations of 2-aminopyridine monomer (2AP) and dimer [(2AP)(2)] in supersonic beams. In bare 2AP, intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution (IVR) of the NH vibrations is described by the two-bath mode model, in which the initial vibrational en...