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An isotopic mass effect on the intermolecular potential
- Source :
- Chemical Physics Letters. 639:266-268
- Publication Year :
- 2015
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2015.
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Abstract
- The impact of isotopic variation on the electronic energy and intermolecular potentials is often suppressed when calculating isotopologue thermodynamics. Intramolecular potential energy surfaces for distinct isotopologues are in fact equivalent under the Born–Oppenheimer approximation, which is sometimes used to imply that the intermolecular interactions are independent of isotopic mass. In this communication, the intermolecular dipole–dipole interaction between hetero-nuclear diatomic molecules is considered. It is shown that the intermolecular potential contains mass-dependent terms even though each nucleus moves on a Born–Oppenheimer surface. The analysis suggests that mass dependent variations in intermolecular potentials should be included in comprehensive descriptions of isotopologue thermodynamics.
- Subjects :
- Quantitative Biology::Biomolecules
Chemistry
Mass effect
Intermolecular force
General Physics and Astronomy
Physics and Astronomy(all)
Potential energy
Diatomic molecule
Condensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matter
Chemical physics
Intramolecular force
Intermolecular potential
Quantum-mechanical explanation of intermolecular interactions
Isotopologue
Physics::Chemical Physics
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
Atomic physics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00092614
- Volume :
- 639
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chemical Physics Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5f7ce615d02cfab4f7935c2139c773ef