Microreflectance infrared study of electron-molecular vibrational coupling and lattice softness in BEDT-TTF salts
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Bio-Rad, Digilab Div., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Microreflectance infrared (MR-IR) spectra were obtained for several {beta}- and {kappa}-phase salts of bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene (BEDT-TTF or ET) and its deuterium analog d{sub 8}-ET by employing polarized and unpolarized light. The vibronic region of these MR-IR spectra provides information about the electron-molecular vibration (EMV) coupling, and the highest-frequency C-C-H bending vibration observed for an ET salt reflects the extent of its lattice softness. Under polarized light, the EMV coupling for an ET salt depends strongly upon how the light polarization vector is aligned with respect to the sample crystallographic axes. The lowest vibron frequency is indicative of increased EMV coupling.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38; FG05-86ER45259
- OSTI ID:
- 10134531
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/CHM/PP-74824; ON: DE94008490; BR: KC0203010
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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