Hydrogen dynamics in heavy alkali metal hydrides obtained through inelastic neutron scattering

Inelastic neutron scattering spectra from polycrystalline NaH, KH, RbH and CsH, measured at low temperature in the energy transfer range 3 meV < E < 500 meV, are reported. From the medium-energy regions, coinciding with the optical phonon bands, accurate hydrogen-projected densities of phonon...

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Autores: Auffermann, G., Barrera, Gustavo Daniel, Colognesi, D., Corradi, G., Ramirez Cuesta, A. J., Zoppi, M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/104964
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/104964
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:inhydrides
Hydrogen
dynamics
inelastic neutron scattering
heavy alkali metal
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Sumario:Inelastic neutron scattering spectra from polycrystalline NaH, KH, RbH and CsH, measured at low temperature in the energy transfer range 3 meV < E < 500 meV, are reported. From the medium-energy regions, coinciding with the optical phonon bands, accurate hydrogen-projected densities of phonon states are extracted and compared to ab initio lattice dynamics results. The overall agreement is very good. Further lattice dynamics calculations, based on a pairwise Born–Mayer semi-empirical potential scheme, were also performed, providing only limited and qualitative agreement with the experimental data. In conclusion, incoherent inelastic neutron spectroscopy proves to be a stringent validation tool for lattice dynamics simulations of H-containing materials.