Investigating CH4Thermal Activation in Clathrate Nanocages

© Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. The energy levels of methane molecule trapped, at low temperature, in small (s) and large (l) nano-cages of cubic sI clathrates are calculated in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation using the Extended Lakhlifi-Dahoo model based on pairwise atom-atom ef...

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Main Authors: Lakhlifi, A., Dahoo, P., Meis, C., Gale, Julian
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65432
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author Lakhlifi, A.
Dahoo, P.
Meis, C.
Gale, Julian
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Dahoo, P.
Meis, C.
Gale, Julian
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description © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. The energy levels of methane molecule trapped, at low temperature, in small (s) and large (l) nano-cages of cubic sI clathrates are calculated in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation using the Extended Lakhlifi-Dahoo model based on pairwise atom-atom effective interaction potentials. In the s cage, the center of mass of CH 4 exhibits a slightly asymmetrical 3D oscillation motion with small amplitude around the cage center. Two methods were used to calculate the frequencies of such a motion: a 3D harmonic treatment and a 1D Discrete Variable Representation (DVR) treatment in the X, Y and Z directions. They give approximately the same values of, respectively, 133 cm -1 , 108 cm -1 and 120 cm -1 . In the l cage, the oscillations are anharmonic and characterized by large amplitude motions with frequencies of 63 cm -1 , 52 cm -1 and 47 cm -1 . In the s and l nano-cages, the molecule exhibits strongly perturbed rotational motion. The rotational level schemes are quite different from that of the molecular free rotational motion, and for each nano-cage, the obtained levels are described as combination of the free rotation levels.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-654322023-08-02T06:39:11Z Investigating CH4Thermal Activation in Clathrate Nanocages Lakhlifi, A. Dahoo, P. Meis, C. Gale, Julian © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. The energy levels of methane molecule trapped, at low temperature, in small (s) and large (l) nano-cages of cubic sI clathrates are calculated in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation using the Extended Lakhlifi-Dahoo model based on pairwise atom-atom effective interaction potentials. In the s cage, the center of mass of CH 4 exhibits a slightly asymmetrical 3D oscillation motion with small amplitude around the cage center. Two methods were used to calculate the frequencies of such a motion: a 3D harmonic treatment and a 1D Discrete Variable Representation (DVR) treatment in the X, Y and Z directions. They give approximately the same values of, respectively, 133 cm -1 , 108 cm -1 and 120 cm -1 . In the l cage, the oscillations are anharmonic and characterized by large amplitude motions with frequencies of 63 cm -1 , 52 cm -1 and 47 cm -1 . In the s and l nano-cages, the molecule exhibits strongly perturbed rotational motion. The rotational level schemes are quite different from that of the molecular free rotational motion, and for each nano-cage, the obtained levels are described as combination of the free rotation levels. 2017 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65432 10.1088/1742-6596/936/1/012071 unknown
spellingShingle Lakhlifi, A.
Dahoo, P.
Meis, C.
Gale, Julian
Investigating CH4Thermal Activation in Clathrate Nanocages
title Investigating CH4Thermal Activation in Clathrate Nanocages
title_full Investigating CH4Thermal Activation in Clathrate Nanocages
title_fullStr Investigating CH4Thermal Activation in Clathrate Nanocages
title_full_unstemmed Investigating CH4Thermal Activation in Clathrate Nanocages
title_short Investigating CH4Thermal Activation in Clathrate Nanocages
title_sort investigating ch4thermal activation in clathrate nanocages
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/65432