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INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF PROTONATED MIXED BENZENE-WATER CLUSTERS.

T. CHENG, B. BANDYOPADHYAY AND M. A. DUNCAN, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

Mixed clusters of protonated benzene and water are created via arc discharge in a molecular beam cluster source. Infrared spectroscopy (1000 cm^-1 to 4500 cm^-1) of these mixed clusters H⁺(H₂O)_x(Bz)_y (x=1-4, y=1-4) tagged with argon is employed to investigate the structures of these clusters, particularly with regards to the location of the proton. Studies as a function of cluster size investigate solvation effects within the mixed clusters.