Motion of Br2 molecules in clathrate cages. A computational study of the dynamic effects on its spectroscopic behavior

J Phys Chem A. 2015 Jan 22;119(3):452-9. doi: 10.1021/jp5082092. Epub 2015 Jan 9.

Abstract

This work looks into the spectroscopic behavior of bromine molecules trapped in clathrate cages combining different methodologies. We developed a semiempirical quantum mechanical model to incorporate through molecular dynamics trajectories, the effect movement of bromine molecules in clathrate cages has on its absorption spectra. A simple electrostatic model simulating the cage environment around bromine predicts a blue shift in the spectra, in good agreement with the experimental evidence.