The fundamental vibrations of CS2 as probes of matrix effects in matrix isolation spectroscopy

Abstract The infrared and Raman spectra of matrix-isolated CS 2 were examined under a variety of experimental conditions. The results are discussed in terms of the physical effects common to matrix isolation spectra in general like site effects, interactions between trapped molecules, effects of matrix materials and of the symmetry at the trapping site, Fermi resonance and the inherent differences between infrared and Raman spectra.