DFT-Assisted Polymorph Identification from Lattice Raman Fingerprinting

Natalia Bedoya-Martínez*, Benedikt Schrode, Andrew O.F. Jones, Tommaso Salzillo, Christian Ruzié, Nicola Demitri, Yves H. Geerts, Elisabetta Venuti, Raffaele Guido Della Valle, Egbert Zojer, Roland Resel

*Korrespondierende/r Autor/-in für diese Arbeit

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Abstract

A combined experimental and theoretical approach, consisting of lattice phonon Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, is proposed as a tool for lattice dynamics characterization and polymorph phase identification. To illustrate the reliability of the method, the lattice phonon Raman spectra of two polymorphs of the molecule 2,7-dioctyloxy[1]benzothieno[3,2-b]benzothiophene are investigated. We show that DFT calculations of the lattice vibrations based on the known crystal structures, including many-body dispersion van der Waals (MBD-vdW) corrections, predict experimental data within an accuracy of ≪5 cm-1 (≪0.6 meV). Due to the high accuracy of the simulations, they can be used to unambiguously identify different polymorphs and to characterize the nature of the lattice vibrations and their relationship to the structural properties. More generally, this work implies that DFT-MBD-vdW is a promising method to describe also other physical properties that depend on lattice dynamics like charge transport.

Originalspracheenglisch
Seiten (von - bis)3690-3695
Seitenumfang6
FachzeitschriftJournal of Physical Chemistry Letters
Jahrgang8
Ausgabenummer15
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 3 Aug. 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Werkstoffwissenschaften (insg.)

Fields of Expertise

  • Advanced Materials Science

Treatment code (Nähere Zuordnung)

  • Basic - Fundamental (Grundlagenforschung)

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