
High‐pressure Raman spectra of deuterated L ‐alanine crystal
2009; Wiley; Volume: 40; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/jrs.2209
ISSN1097-4555
AutoresRenan de Oliveira Gonçalves, Paulo Freire, Heloisa N. Bordallo, J.A. Lima, F. E. A. Melo, J. Mendes Filho, D. N. Argyriou, R. J. C. Lima,
Tópico(s)Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography
ResumoAbstract Raman spectra of deuterated L ‐alanine have been obtained at high‐pressure conditions. A phase transition at ∼1.5 GPa associated with the splitting of some internal modes and increase of the wavenumber of the external modes was observed. Similarly to the hydrogenated L ‐alanine crystal, this first transition was related to a symmetry change. Moreover, further modifications of the Raman spectra were observed at 4.4 GPa, which may be associated to conformational changes of the molecule. To give further support to such a hypothesis, neutron powder diffraction measurements were performed. Information about the cell parameter at atmospheric pressure gave valuable information about the ND distances, shedding light on the behavior of the torsional vibration of ND 3 + . Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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