ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal
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Temperature-Dependent Structural Changes in Liquid Benzene
Abstract: The non-covalent interactions between aromatic rings are of fundamental importance in large number biological and chemical processes. The local structure of aromatic liquids is a delicate balance between dispersion attraction and electrostatic forces due to the uneven distribution of charge over the molecules. Benzene, as the archetypal aromatic, is one of the most studied room temperature molecular liquids, probably second only to water. A detailed and reliable knowledge of its intermolecular structure in the liquid state is vital to many fields of chemistry where the use of aromatics as functional groups and solvents is ubiquitous. A recent study has shown that the parallel stacking of molecules in liquid benzene increases with increasing temperature. Here we will use neutron diffraction on SANDALS to study this effect in greater detail.
Public release date: 15 October 2021
Principal Investigator: Dr Tom Headen
DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.98858873
Parent DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1900050
ISIS Experiment Number: RB1900050
Part Number: 1
Date of Experiment: 08 October 2018
Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Data format: RAW/Nexus
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