Vibration spectra of benzene-like models with Hooke’s law interactions

Abstract

The harmonic oscillations of a spring-ball model of benzene-like nanosystems with Hooke’s law interactions between nearest, second, and third neighbors are explored. We show that in the cylindrical coordinates the dynamics of this cyclic hexagonal system is described by the Lagrange equations similar to those of the one-dimensional two-component crystal model. We demonstrate that the vibration frequencies of the hexagonal model lie on the branches of the dispersion law of the associated lattice model, and their positions are determined by the cyclic Born-Von Karman condition. The hexagonal model is generalized to one describing the benzene molecule and the fully deuterated and halogenated benzenes. The effect of hybridization of vibration modes and pushing apart of spectral branches in the crossover situation is revealed. All the discrete frequency spectrum and normal modes of oscillations and their explicit dependencies on all the constants of elastic interactions are exactly found.