Tunnelling of the one-dimensional rotor NH3D+ in the NH4ClO4 and NH4PF6 lattices

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Buttner, HG
Kearley, GJ
Frick, B
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[1] Institut Laue-Langevin, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9
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10.1016/S0301-0104(96)00298-4
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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Inelastic neutron scattering (INS) spectra of partially deuterated NH4PF6 and NH4ClO4 were measured to investigate the tunnelling of the rotor NH3D+ in environments of low symmetry. Rotational tunnelling of NH3D+ appears clearly as a single peak at about the same energy as the T-E transitions in the fully protonated crystals. The presence of a single peak indicates that the D atom is localized, and tunnelling is strictly 1-dimensional about the N-D bond direction. There is no evidence for tunnelling of NH2D2+.
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