Comparison of the atomic level structure of the plastic crystalline and liquid phases of CBr2Cl2: Neutron diffraction and reverse Monte Carlo modelling

Pothoczki, Szilvia and Temleitner, László and Pardo, L. C. and Cuello, G. J. and Rovira-Esteva, M. and Tamarit, J. L. (2013) Comparison of the atomic level structure of the plastic crystalline and liquid phases of CBr2Cl2: Neutron diffraction and reverse Monte Carlo modelling. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 25 (45). ISSN 0953-8984

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Abstract

Neutron diffraction results obtained for plastic crystalline dichlorodibromomethane (CBr2Cl2) have been modelled by means of the Reverse Monte Carlo method. Comparison with its liquid phase is provided at several levels of the atomic structure (total scattering structure factors, partial radial distribution functions, orientational and dipole-dipole correlations). Results reveal that the relative orientation of neighbouring molecules largely depends on the steric effect. The small dipole moment has not as strong influence as the steric effect on the short range order. Our observations fit well with earlier findings presented for the series CBrnCl4-n (n=0, 1, 2, 4).

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