Vibrational proton dynamics in a Ga[GaH3]4 clusterion through incoherent inelastic neutron scattering

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An unprecedented Ga[GaH3]4 clusterion, with the neopentane structure, has been found in the solid state hydrides Rb8Ga5H15 and Cs8Ga5H15. This is the first gallium-hydrido cluster, with direct gallium-gallium bonds, forming a molecular structure of a common carbon-hydrogen compound. The discovery implies that further substitutions of hydrogen atoms with GaH3 units could be possible. This would open up for a new family of compounds with impact on hydrogen storage. The structural determination of the cluster showed extremely elongated temperature parameters for the terminal hydrogen atoms. This indicates a complex combination of distortions and dynamically vibrating atoms. Thus, the hydrogen dynamics represents a very important aspect of this compound. A precise spectroscopic characterization will be extremely useful for understanding the microscopic properties of these new materials.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24085985
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24085985
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Creator Professor Dag Noreus; Dr Marco Zoppi; Dr Daniele Colognesi
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2014
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2011-06-09T08:17:11Z
Temporal Coverage End 2011-07-05T08:15:52Z