Collective excitations in liquid methanol: A comparison of molecular, lattice-dynamics, and neutron-scattering results

The collective dynamics of liquid methanol‐d4 is studied by means of molecular‐dynamics simulation. The model potential is validated by means of lattice energy calculations and shows a very good agreement with the experimentally obtained crystal structure. Center‐of‐mass density and momentum fluctua...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Alonso, J., Bermejo, F. J., García Hernández, M., García Martínez, J. L., Howells, W. S., Criado Vega, Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1992
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/134140
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/134140
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.462370
Access Level:acceso abierto
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Sumario:The collective dynamics of liquid methanol‐d4 is studied by means of molecular‐dynamics simulation. The model potential is validated by means of lattice energy calculations and shows a very good agreement with the experimentally obtained crystal structure. Center‐of‐mass density and momentum fluctuations are investigated in the (Q,ω) region which is also accessible to inelastic neutron‐scattering (INS) techniques. A simple viscoelastic model previously used for the analysis of INS data is tested against the dynamic structure factor computed from the simulation. A direct comparison with the INS results themselves is also made and qualitative agreement is found. Also, a tentative assignment of the peaks appearing in the current–current correlations is made on the basis of lattice‐dynamics calculations for the polycrystalline low‐temperature α phase.