A jumping crystal predicted with molecular dynamics and analysed with TLS refinement against powder diffraction data

  • By running a temperature series of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations starting from the known low-temperature phase, the experimentally observed phase transition in a `jumping crystal' was captured, thereby providing a prediction of the unknown crystal structure of the high-temperature phase and clarifying the phase-transition mechanism. The phase transition is accompanied by a discontinuity in two of the unit-cell parameters. The structure of the high-temperature phase is very similar to that of the low-temperature phase. The anisotropic displacement parameters calculated from the MD simulations readily identified libration as the driving force behind the phase transition. Both the predicted crystal structure and the phase-transition mechanism were verified experimentally using TLS (translation, libration, screw) refinement against X-ray powder diffraction data.

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Author:Jacco van de StreekORCiDGND, Edith Alig, Simon Parsons, Liana Vella-ZarbORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-491980
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1107/S205225251801686X
ISSN:2052-2525
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30713711
Parent Title (English):IUCrJ
Publisher:Internationale Union für Kristallographie
Place of publication:Chester
Contributor(s):A. Fitch
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2019
Year of first Publication:2019
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2019/02/28
Tag:TLS refinement; XRPD; jumping crystals; molecular dynamics; phase transitions
Volume:6
Issue:1
Page Number:9
First Page:136
Last Page:144
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HeBIS-PPN:446487643
Institutes:Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie / Biochemie und Chemie
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds:Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0