Raman spectroscopic studies on p-terphenyl under high pressure

•High-pressure Raman scattering studies are performed on p-terphenyl up to 5GPa.•This is a new method for detecting planar molecular structure of p-terphenyl.•A phase transition was detected at 1.3GPa from changes in the slope on plots of frequency versus pressure. High-pressure Raman scattering stu...

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Published in:Chemical physics letters 2014-11, Vol.615, p.1-5
Main Authors: Liu, Tianyuan, Xu, Shengnan, Sun, Chenglin, Zhou, Mi
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:•High-pressure Raman scattering studies are performed on p-terphenyl up to 5GPa.•This is a new method for detecting planar molecular structure of p-terphenyl.•A phase transition was detected at 1.3GPa from changes in the slope on plots of frequency versus pressure. High-pressure Raman scattering studies are performed on p-terphenyl up to 5GPa. The Raman activities of different symmetric molecules were analyzed by means of group theory methods. A phase transition was detected at 1.3GPa from changes in the slope on plots of frequency versus pressure. The diminishing of internal modes indicated that the molecule symmetry transformed from C2 to D2h. This is an effective method for detecting planar molecular structure of p-terphenyl by ring–ring stretching vibration mode, which can provide a new spectroscopic evidence of planar conjugated polyphenyl molecular conformation.
ISSN:0009-2614
1873-4448
DOI:10.1016/j.cplett.2014.09.057