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Published Online April 29, 2004
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1098129

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Submitted on April 5, 2004
Accepted on April 23, 2004

The Structure of Protonated Water Clusters

Timothy S. Zwier 1*

1 Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907--2084, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Timothy S. Zwier , E-mail: zwier{at}purdue.edu

The infrared spectra of a series of protonated water clusters H+(H2O)n with n = 6 to 27 shed new light and raise new questions about the nature of the proton in water, its position in the finite-sized cluster (surface or interior), and the structure of the cluster in the size region of the proposed dodecahedral cage (n = 21).




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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)