Time dependence of vibrational relaxation of deuterated hydroxyls in acidic zeolites

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Reference M. Bonn, M.J.P. Brugmans, A.W. Kleyn, R.A. van Santen and A. Lagendijk: Time dependence of vibrational relaxation of deuterated hydroxyls in acidic zeolites In: Zeolites and Related Microporous Materials, State of Art 1994 : Proceedings of the 10th International Zeolite Conference, Garmi /ed. J. Weitkamp, H.G. Karge and H. Pfeifer, Elsevier B.V., 1994. - pp. 493-500

In this picosecond time-resolved study of zeolite hydroxyls we conclude from the O-D vibrational population lifetime that the protons in Y zeolite as well as in Mordenite are hydrogen bonded. In deuterated ZSM-5 no hydrogen-bonding was observed.