Vibrational and Thermal Properties of Ag3[Co(CN)6] from First-Principles Calculations and Infrared Spectroscopy

We have investigated the phonon modes of Ag3[Co(CN)6] using first-principles based methods and high-pressure infrared spectroscopy to understand the origin of its colossal thermal expansion. Grüneisen parameters of its zone-center vibrational modes were obtained from the calculations and compared t...

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Published in:Journal of physical chemistry. C 2013-06, Vol.117 (24), p.12848-12857
Main Authors: Hermet, P, Catafesta, J, Bantignies, J.-L, Levelut, C, Maurin, D, Cairns, A. B, Goodwin, A. L, Haines, J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Chemical Sciences
Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties
Exact sciences and technology
Lattice dynamics
Material chemistry
Phonon states and bands, normal modes, and phonon dispersion
Phonons and vibrations in crystal lattices
Physics
Thermal expansion
thermomechanical effects and density
Thermal properties of condensed matter
Thermal properties of crystalline solids
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Summary:We have investigated the phonon modes of Ag3[Co(CN)6] using first-principles based methods and high-pressure infrared spectroscopy to understand the origin of its colossal thermal expansion. Grüneisen parameters of its zone-center vibrational modes were obtained from the calculations and compared to the experimental ones. We found that optical phonon modes below 100 cm–1 mainly contribute to its negative thermal expansion, and they also have a significant mixing with acoustic branches. These modes have been assigned to translational motion of the Co–CN–Ag–NC–Co linkages. We also identify a pressure-induced softening of zone-center phonon modes that could account for the experimentally observed phase transition in terms of a first-order displacive instability from the trigonal P3̅1m space group to the acentric Cm space group.
ISSN:1932-7447
1932-7455
DOI:10.1021/jp402081r