The use of Raman spectroscopy as a probe for the intermolecular bonding in crystalline tetraphosphorus trisulphide

Autor: Gary R. Burns, Joanne R. Rollo
Rok vydání: 1987
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Zdroj: Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 48:347-354
ISSN: 0022-3697
DOI: 10.1016/0022-3697(87)90093-x
Popis: The temperature and pressure dependences of the internal and external first-order Raman-active phonons of crystalline α-P 4 S 3 are shown to provide a sensitive probe of the intermolecular bonding. Comparison with a similar study of α-P 4 Se 3 leads to the conclusion that while intra-intermolecular coupling is present, it is weaker in crystalline α-P 4 S 3 . Unlike α-P 4 Se 3 , no rigid layer mode is observed nor is there any softening of the A 1 mode at 440 cm −1 analogous to the 361 cm −1 soft mode of α-P 4 Se 3 . Weak intra-intermolecular coupling is also supported by an analysis of the implicit-explicit contributions to the observed temperature coefficients. A pressure dependent increase in the intensity of the A 1 mode at 440 cm −1 is compared to similar pressure dependent changes in intensity for phonons in other inorganic molecular solids.
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