Resonance in Interacting Induced-Dipole Polarizing Force Fields: Application to Force-Field Derivatives

The Silberstein model of the molecular polarizability of diatomic molecules, generalized by Applequist et al. for polyatomic molecules, is analyzed. The atoms are regarded as isotropically polarizable points located at their nuclei, interacting via the fields of their induced dipoles. The use of add...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Torrens Zaragozá, Francisco, Castellano Estornell, Gloria María
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Repositorio:RIUCV. Repositorio de la Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riucv.ucv.es:20.500.12466/4373
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12466/4373
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Interacting induced-dipole polarization
Polarizability
Resonance
Polarizing force field
Derivative
Dipole moment
Electric field
Electric field gradient
2415 Biología Molecular
2202 Electromagnetismo
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Sumario:The Silberstein model of the molecular polarizability of diatomic molecules, generalized by Applequist et al. for polyatomic molecules, is analyzed. The atoms are regarded as isotropically polarizable points located at their nuclei, interacting via the fields of their induced dipoles. The use of additive values for atom polarizabilities gives poor results, in some cases leading to artificial predictions of absorption bands. The molecular polarizability of methane and its derivative are computed. The agreement with experimental mean molecular polarizabilities is within 1–5%. A hypothesis is indispensable for a suitable representation of polarizability derivative.