Rapid reorientational motions of the B12H122- icosahedral anion, a key intermediate in borohydride dehydrogenation, are revealed by quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS) measurements of Cs2B12H12 between 430 K and 530 K. At 430 K, over the range of momentum transfers collected, the elastic incoherent structure factor (EISF) is consistent with a model for reorientational jumps about a single molecular axis. At temperatures of 480 K and higher, however, the EISF suggests the emergence of multiaxis reorientation by dynamically similar, independent jumps about two axes, on average, preserving crystallographic order.

Hydrogen dynamics of the dodecahydro-<i>closo</i>-dodecaborate crystals

242nd National Meeting (2011)

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Hydrogen dynamics of the dodecahydro-closo-dodecaborate crystals