中国物理B ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (7): 73301-073301.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/7/073301

• ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS • 上一篇    下一篇

Assignment of terahertz vibrational modes of L-glutamine using density functional theory within generalized-gradient approximation

张寒a, 张朝晖a, 赵小燕a, 张天尧a, 燕芳a, 申江b   

  1. a Department of Instrumentation Science, School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
    b Institute of Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-11-24 修回日期:2015-03-31 出版日期:2015-07-05 发布日期:2015-07-05
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61302007 and 60977065), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. FRF-SD-12-016A), and the Engineering Research Center of Industrial Spectrum Imaging of Beijing, China.

Assignment of terahertz vibrational modes of L-glutamine using density functional theory within generalized-gradient approximation

Zhang Han (张寒)a, Zhang Zhao-Hui (张朝晖)a, Zhao Xiao-Yan (赵小燕)a, Zhang Tian-Yao (张天尧)a, Yan Fang (燕芳)a, Shen Jiang (申江)b   

  1. a Department of Instrumentation Science, School of Automation and Electrical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China;
    b Institute of Applied Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
  • Received:2014-11-24 Revised:2015-03-31 Online:2015-07-05 Published:2015-07-05
  • Contact: Zhao Xiao-Yan E-mail:zhaoxiaoyan@ustb.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61302007 and 60977065), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Grant No. FRF-SD-12-016A), and the Engineering Research Center of Industrial Spectrum Imaging of Beijing, China.

摘要: The crystal structure of L-glutamine is stabilized by a three-dimensional network of intermolecular hydrogen bonds. We utilize plane-wave density functional theory lattice-dynamics calculations within the generalized-gradient approximation (GGA), Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE), PBE for solids (PBEsol), PBE with Wu–Cohen exchange (WC), and dispersion-corrected PBE, to investigate the effect of these intermolecular contacts on the absorption spectra of glutamine in the terahertz frequency range. Among these calculations, the solid-state simulated results obtained using the WC method exhibit a good agreement with the measured absorption spectra, and the absorption features are assigned with the help of WC. This indicates that the vibrational modes of glutamine were related to the combination of intramolecular and intermolecular motions, the intramolecular modes were dominated by rocking or torsion involving functional groups; the intermolecular modes mainly result from the translational motions of individual molecules, and the rocking of the hydrogen-bonded functional groups.

关键词: terahertz vibrational modes, amino acid, plane-wave density functional theory, generalized-gradient approximation

Abstract: The crystal structure of L-glutamine is stabilized by a three-dimensional network of intermolecular hydrogen bonds. We utilize plane-wave density functional theory lattice-dynamics calculations within the generalized-gradient approximation (GGA), Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE), PBE for solids (PBEsol), PBE with Wu–Cohen exchange (WC), and dispersion-corrected PBE, to investigate the effect of these intermolecular contacts on the absorption spectra of glutamine in the terahertz frequency range. Among these calculations, the solid-state simulated results obtained using the WC method exhibit a good agreement with the measured absorption spectra, and the absorption features are assigned with the help of WC. This indicates that the vibrational modes of glutamine were related to the combination of intramolecular and intermolecular motions, the intramolecular modes were dominated by rocking or torsion involving functional groups; the intermolecular modes mainly result from the translational motions of individual molecules, and the rocking of the hydrogen-bonded functional groups.

Key words: terahertz vibrational modes, amino acid, plane-wave density functional theory, generalized-gradient approximation

中图分类号:  (Vibration-rotation analysis)

  • 33.20.Vq
63.20.-e (Phonons in crystal lattices) 78.55.Kz (Solid organic materials) 87.15.ag (Quantum calculations)