Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.113, No.6, 959-974, 2009
Indication of a Very Large Proton Diffusion in Ice I-h. III. Fluorescence Quenching of 1-Naphthol Derivatives
The effects of excess protons on the fluorescence quenching process of 1-naphthol-4-sulfonate (1N4S) and 1-naphthol-3-sulfonate (IMS) in niethanol-doped ice samples were studied by employing a time-resolved emission technique. We found that the fluorescence quenching of the deprotonated form RO-* of both photoacids by protonation is very efficient in ice, whereas in liquid water the proton fluorescence quenching is rather small. Using the Smoluchowski diffusion-assisted binary collision model under certain assumptions and approximations, we found that the calculated proton diffusion constant in ice in the temperature range of 240-260 K was 10 tirnes greater than that of water at 295 K.