Raman spectra of ionic liquids: a simulation study of LaCl3 and its mixtures with alkali chlorides.

Theoretical Raman spectra of the elpasolite-structured crystal Cs2NaLaCl6 and of molten mixtures of LaCl6 with NaCl and CsCl have been obtained from computer simulations in order to examine how the Raman spectra reflect the coordination structure around the La3+ ions. This system is a model for many...

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Main Authors: Glover, W, Madden, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004
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description Theoretical Raman spectra of the elpasolite-structured crystal Cs2NaLaCl6 and of molten mixtures of LaCl6 with NaCl and CsCl have been obtained from computer simulations in order to examine how the Raman spectra reflect the coordination structure around the La3+ ions. This system is a model for many other trivalent metal halides and for examining how the network structure of the pure melts is broken down by the addition of alkali halides with different structure-breaking powers. The results suggest a way of reconciling the conclusions of Raman studies about the structures of the melts with those of neutron and x-ray-diffraction studies, which have already been examined with the same simulation methods. The Raman spectra, both polarized and depolarized, are calculated from a model for the dependence of the polarizability of the system on the ionic coordinates which was inspired by electronic structure calculations of the polarizabilities of ions in a condensed phase environment. Some results on the lifetimes of the coordination complexes responsible for the appearance of the discrete Raman bands are discussed.
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spelling oxford-uuid:930b2d1d-13b8-4be0-b380-848302ddb4372022-03-26T23:29:34ZRaman spectra of ionic liquids: a simulation study of LaCl3 and its mixtures with alkali chlorides.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:930b2d1d-13b8-4be0-b380-848302ddb437EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Glover, WMadden, PTheoretical Raman spectra of the elpasolite-structured crystal Cs2NaLaCl6 and of molten mixtures of LaCl6 with NaCl and CsCl have been obtained from computer simulations in order to examine how the Raman spectra reflect the coordination structure around the La3+ ions. This system is a model for many other trivalent metal halides and for examining how the network structure of the pure melts is broken down by the addition of alkali halides with different structure-breaking powers. The results suggest a way of reconciling the conclusions of Raman studies about the structures of the melts with those of neutron and x-ray-diffraction studies, which have already been examined with the same simulation methods. The Raman spectra, both polarized and depolarized, are calculated from a model for the dependence of the polarizability of the system on the ionic coordinates which was inspired by electronic structure calculations of the polarizabilities of ions in a condensed phase environment. Some results on the lifetimes of the coordination complexes responsible for the appearance of the discrete Raman bands are discussed.
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Raman spectra of ionic liquids: a simulation study of LaCl3 and its mixtures with alkali chlorides.
title Raman spectra of ionic liquids: a simulation study of LaCl3 and its mixtures with alkali chlorides.
title_full Raman spectra of ionic liquids: a simulation study of LaCl3 and its mixtures with alkali chlorides.
title_fullStr Raman spectra of ionic liquids: a simulation study of LaCl3 and its mixtures with alkali chlorides.
title_full_unstemmed Raman spectra of ionic liquids: a simulation study of LaCl3 and its mixtures with alkali chlorides.
title_short Raman spectra of ionic liquids: a simulation study of LaCl3 and its mixtures with alkali chlorides.
title_sort raman spectra of ionic liquids a simulation study of lacl3 and its mixtures with alkali chlorides
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