Vibrational Modes and Phonon and Thermodynamic Properties of the Metaboric Acid Polymorphs α-, β-, and γ-(BOH)3O3 within a Density Functional Theory Framework

Autor: R. C. R. Santos, J. S. Rodríguez Hernández, E. W. S. Caetano, M. Bezerra da Silva, Valder N. Freire
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 122:7628-7645
ISSN: 1520-5215
1089-5639
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b05238
Popis: A combined study of vibrational and thermodynamic properties of metaboric acid (BOH)3O3 crystal polymorphs α, β, and γ were obtained through density functional theory (DFT) calculations in an attempt to resolve the conflicting assignments that currently exist in the literature for them. A complete correlation between the normal-mode assignment and vibrational signatures to distinguish particular features of each metaboric acid polymorph, in particular, those related to motions of the planar layers in α-(BOH)3O3, with a level of detail surpassing essays based on previous published experimental works has been achieved. Besides, no DFT-based research work was published early on the (BOH)3O3 polymorph vibrational properties, and our DFT-simulated infrared and Raman spectra for all metaboric acid polymorphs agree very well with experiment. Comparison of the previously published experimental IR and Raman spectroscopic results with predictions from higher levels DFT calculations allows identification of the in-p...
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