2013
DOI: 10.1063/1.4811179
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Atomistic simulation of structure and dynamics of the plastic crystal diethyl(methyl)(isobutyl)phosphonium hexafluorophosphate

Abstract: Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to investigate the interrelations between structures, transport mechanisms, and phase transitions of an organic ionic plastic crystal material, diethyl(methyl)(isobutyl)phosphonium hexafluorophosphate ([P1,2,2,4][PF6]), in both solid and liquid phases. Examination of the temperature dependence of supercell parameters and radial distribution functions provides evidence of plastic phase transitions. Nonlinear increments of cell size within the temperature range … Show more

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“…3a shows the radial distribution functions (RDFs) for the anioncation pair in the P 1224 PF 6 OIPC system determined from the MD simulations at various temperatures with and without the inclusion of a vacancy pair defect within the structure. The structural differences between the two systems at all temperatures are insignificant, with the lowest temperature (313 K) corresponding to the material in its low temperature phase III as previously reported based on thermal analysis measurements [9,31]. The thermal and NMR analysis of this system have previously suggested some rotational disorder is present in phase III with isotropic tumbling of the PF 6 anion and a crankshaft rotational motion of the alkyl groups around the P-C bonds, however, the structure remains positionally ordered over a long distance as indicated by the RDFs.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 64%
“…3a shows the radial distribution functions (RDFs) for the anioncation pair in the P 1224 PF 6 OIPC system determined from the MD simulations at various temperatures with and without the inclusion of a vacancy pair defect within the structure. The structural differences between the two systems at all temperatures are insignificant, with the lowest temperature (313 K) corresponding to the material in its low temperature phase III as previously reported based on thermal analysis measurements [9,31]. The thermal and NMR analysis of this system have previously suggested some rotational disorder is present in phase III with isotropic tumbling of the PF 6 anion and a crankshaft rotational motion of the alkyl groups around the P-C bonds, however, the structure remains positionally ordered over a long distance as indicated by the RDFs.…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 64%
“…They contribute to the structural disorders, which enable the formation of free volume that could become large enough to facilitate the ion’s diffusive motion at higher temperatures, and thus enhance the ionic conductivity 6. 15…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While this method is not ideal, it has been shown to improve the calculated dynamic properties substantially without any additional computational cost, and is therefore becoming a very popular approach. 66,76,105,[139][140][141][142][143][144][145][146][147][148][149][150][151] For example, ionic liquid densities can be calculated quite accurately using either unscaled (i.e. net ion charge ¼ 1) or scaled charges (Table 5), yet generally other dynamic properties such as the self-diffusion coefficient ( Table 6) and heat of vaporisation (Table 7) are better predicted when scaled charges are used.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%