Breakdown of Onsager's conjecture on distance dependent polarization relaxation in solvation dynamics

Chandra, Amalendu and Bagchi, Biman (1989) Breakdown of Onsager's conjecture on distance dependent polarization relaxation in solvation dynamics. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 91 (4). pp. 2594-2598.

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Abstract

Onsager's conjecture that the polarization relaxation of solvent mols. closer to a newly created ion occurs slower than those which are far away was examd. by using a mol. theory. Although Onsager's conjecture is correct when only the rotational diffusion mechanism of polarization relaxation is considered, it breaks down completely for a significant translational contribution to polarization relaxation. The consequences of this result in solvation dynamics of ions and dipoles are discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Chemical Physics
Publisher:	American Institute of Physics
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Institute of Physics
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	24 Feb 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:42
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/12856

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