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Title: Ground state analytical ab initio intermolecular potential for the Cl{sub 2}-water system

Abstract

The chlorine/water interface is of crucial importance in the context of atmospheric chemistry. Modeling the structure and dynamics at this interface requires an accurate description of the interaction potential energy surfaces. We propose here an analytical intermolecular potential that reproduces the interaction between the Cl{sub 2} molecule and a water molecule. Our functional form is fitted to a set of high level ab initio data using the coupled-cluster single double (triple)/aug-cc-p-VTZ level of electronic structure theory for the Cl{sub 2} − H{sub 2}O complex. The potential fitted to reproduce the three minima structures of 1:1 complex is validated by the comparison of ab initio results of Cl{sub 2} interacting with an increasing number of water molecules. Finally, the model potential is used to study the physisorption of Cl{sub 2} on a perfectly ordered hexagonal ice slab. The calculated adsorption energy, in the range 0.27 eV, shows a good agreement with previous experimental results.

Authors:
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  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers Atomes et Molécules, Unité Mixte de Recherche (UMR) 8523, Université Lille I, Bât. P5, 59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex (France)
  2. Centro de Investigaciones Químicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca 62209, México (Mexico)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22415641
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of Chemical Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 142; Journal Issue: 14; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9606
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPLEXES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPLEXES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EV RANGE; GROUND STATES; ICE; INTERFACES; INTERMOLECULAR FORCES; MOLECULES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIALS; SLABS; SURFACES; WATER

Citation Formats

Hormain, Laureline, Monnerville, Maurice, Toubin, Céline, Duflot, Denis, Pouilly, Brigitte, Briquez, Stéphane, Bernal-Uruchurtu, Margarita I., and Hernández-Lamoneda, Ramón. Ground state analytical ab initio intermolecular potential for the Cl{sub 2}-water system. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4917028.
Hormain, Laureline, Monnerville, Maurice, Toubin, Céline, Duflot, Denis, Pouilly, Brigitte, Briquez, Stéphane, Bernal-Uruchurtu, Margarita I., & Hernández-Lamoneda, Ramón. Ground state analytical ab initio intermolecular potential for the Cl{sub 2}-water system. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4917028
Hormain, Laureline, Monnerville, Maurice, Toubin, Céline, Duflot, Denis, Pouilly, Brigitte, Briquez, Stéphane, Bernal-Uruchurtu, Margarita I., and Hernández-Lamoneda, Ramón. 2015. "Ground state analytical ab initio intermolecular potential for the Cl{sub 2}-water system". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4917028.
@article{osti_22415641,
title = {Ground state analytical ab initio intermolecular potential for the Cl{sub 2}-water system},
author = {Hormain, Laureline and Monnerville, Maurice and Toubin, Céline and Duflot, Denis and Pouilly, Brigitte and Briquez, Stéphane and Bernal-Uruchurtu, Margarita I. and Hernández-Lamoneda, Ramón},
abstractNote = {The chlorine/water interface is of crucial importance in the context of atmospheric chemistry. Modeling the structure and dynamics at this interface requires an accurate description of the interaction potential energy surfaces. We propose here an analytical intermolecular potential that reproduces the interaction between the Cl{sub 2} molecule and a water molecule. Our functional form is fitted to a set of high level ab initio data using the coupled-cluster single double (triple)/aug-cc-p-VTZ level of electronic structure theory for the Cl{sub 2} − H{sub 2}O complex. The potential fitted to reproduce the three minima structures of 1:1 complex is validated by the comparison of ab initio results of Cl{sub 2} interacting with an increasing number of water molecules. Finally, the model potential is used to study the physisorption of Cl{sub 2} on a perfectly ordered hexagonal ice slab. The calculated adsorption energy, in the range 0.27 eV, shows a good agreement with previous experimental results.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4917028},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22415641}, journal = {Journal of Chemical Physics},
issn = {0021-9606},
number = 14,
volume = 142,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Apr 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}