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| Author(s): |
Ary de Oliveira Cavalcante
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ) |
| Defense date: | 2003-06-10 |
| Examining board members: |
Mauro Carlos Costa Ribeiro;
Luiz Fernando Cappa de Oliveira;
Munir Salomão Skaf
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| Advisor: | Mauro Carlos Costa Ribeiro |
| Abstract | |
Raman spectroscopy is used for attainment of dynamic information of liquids. The ability of the croconate anion as a probe of the interactions is tested in the study of the glass transition in the salt tetra-n-butilammonium croconate (CTBA), [n-(C4H9)4N]2C5O5.4H2O, a very viscous liquid with glass transition temperature, Tg, at ca. 298K. The time correlation functions were obtained by Fourier transforming the contour of the Raman bands of the croconate\'s modes, C5O5-2. Theoretical models for vibrational dephasing were adjusted to these vibrational time correlation functions by the Kubo\'s equation. In this study, it was possible to find spectroscopic signatures of the glass transition that are interpreted in the light of the dynamics of the croconate anion, and the interactions of this anion with the surrounding environment. The miscibility of the CTBA with acetonitrile allowed for studies of the anion dephasing in this solvent. In these studies, a contrast with the results obtained for the saturated aqueous solution of the simple salt Li2C5O5 was noticed. The value of the correlation time of the fluctuation of the vibrational frequency, τc, in the diluted acetonitrile solution (τc ≈ 0,5 ps) is higher than the respective value in pure CTBA despite the high viscosity of the latter. The slow relaxation and the homogeneous environment probed by oxocarbon in the diluted solution of CTBA in acetonitrile corroborate the physical picture in which the short-range interactions between the molecules of acetonitrile and the croconate are not essential for the vibrational dephasing in this system, since the τc value in the aqueous solution is mainly determined by the tight structure of water molecules around the C5O5-2 due to the hydrogen bonds. (AU) | |