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Title: Experimental and Theoretical Study of Azimuth Angle and Polarization Dependences of Sum-Frequency-Generation Vibrational Spectral Features of Uniaxially Aligned Cellulose Crystals

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry. C

Comprehensive interpretation of vibrational sum-frequency-generation (SFG) spectroscopic features of SFG-active nanodomains interspersed in amorphous bulk requires the knowledge of nonlinear susceptibility, χijk(2), of the SFG-active phase as a function of its spatial arrangement in the bulk as well as the polarizations of the probe lights. Our work reports the full analysis of the azimuth angle and polarization dependence of SFG signals from a control sample consisting of uniaxially aligned cellulose Iβ crystals. The χijk(2) terms of cellulose were estimated from quantum mechanics calculations using time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT), and a simple structural model was built with truncated glucose dimers. The theoretical azimuth angle and polarization dependences of characteristic CH/CH2 and OH stretch modes of cellulose were compared with the experimentally observed trends. These comparisons revealed that the relative polarity of crystallites within the SFG coherence length, the random quasi phase-matching of polycrystalline domains, and the preferential packing of crystallites in the bulk play important roles governing the spectral features. Compared to that of small molecules, the difference between chiral and achiral responses in SFG spectra is more difficult to confirm because of the inhomogeneous distribution of crystallites in the bulk sample.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation (CLSF)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0001090
OSTI ID:
1469823
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry. C, Vol. 121, Issue 34; Related Information: CLSF partners with Pennsylvania State University (lead); North Carolina State University; University of Rhode Island; Virginia Tech University; ISSN 1932-7447
Publisher:
American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 20 works
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