title: Structural and vibrational properties of diglyme and longer glymes.
abstract: The conformational states of diglyme in both the solid and liquid states have been determined by an integrated use of both IR and Raman spectroscopy together with ab initio/density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Using knowledge from diglyme also made possible the study of the conformational state of longer glymes, including a quantitative study of the D-LAM mode. We hereby unambiguously can assign the (tgt)(n) conformational state to all glymes and PEO in the solid state.
authors.affiliation: Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden. patrik.johansson@chalmers.se
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grondin
authors.forename: Jean-Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lassègues
mesh_terms: D005026:Ethylene Glycols / Q000737:chemistry*; D008738:Methyl Ethers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011789:Quantum Theory; D014732:Vibration
chemical_list: D005026:Ethylene Glycols; D008738:Methyl Ethers; C007391:diglyme