Abstract
Abstract
Based on first-principles density functional theory, we investigated the relationship between the vibrational normal modes and the spectrum of the newest laboratory-prepared ice phase, an empty clathrate hydrate structure from gas hydrate named ice XVII. A 48-molecule supercell was designed to mimic the hydrogen-disordered structure. Despite its much lower density than ice Ih, its phonon density of states shows features very similar to those of that phase. In our previous studies of ice Ic and ice XIV, we found two basic hydrogen bond vibrational modes in these hydrogen-ordered ice phases, which contribute two sharp hydrogen bond peaks in the translation region. In this study, we found that this rule also holds in the hydrogen-disordered phase ice XVII. A water molecule vibrating along its angle bisector possesses strong energy, because this vibrational mode involves oscillation against four bonded neighbors. In contrast, a water molecule vibrating perpendicular to its angle bisector has low energy because this mode involves only two of the molecule’s hydrogen bonds. This is an evidence in hydrogen-disordered ice and strengthens our proposal that the existence of two basic hydrogen bond vibrational modes is a general rule among ice family.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province
Subject
General Physics and Astronomy
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