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Rotational Excitations of Methyl Groups in 2,3‐Dimethylnaphthalene
Author(s) -
Kalus J.,
Schleifer J.,
Hbmpelmann R.,
Richtee W.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221360215
Subject(s) - acentric factor , dipole , molecule , scattering , chemistry , neutron scattering , quasielastic neutron scattering , methyl group , naphthalene , crystallography , molecular physics , atomic physics , group (periodic table) , small angle neutron scattering , physics , optics , organic chemistry
2,3‐dimethylnaphthalene (2,3‐DMN) crystallizes similar to naphthalene but with dipolar structural disorder of the acentric molecules. Quasielastic neutron scattering of the methyl groups between 12 and 270 K is studied for scattering vectors up to 17.7 nm −1 . The experimental results are fitted to a rotational jump model. From a fixed window experiment a broad band of activation energies around 1350 K is deduced.