The H-bond and near surface layer structure in bicomponent heterosystems on the basis of titanium dioxide nano particles Текст научной статьи по специальности «Физика»

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THE H-BOND AND NEAR SURFACE LAYER STRUCTURE IN BICOMPONENT HETEROSYSTEMS ON THE BASIS OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANO PARTICLES

LM. Babkov, T.V. Bezrodna*, G.A. Puchkovska*,

K.E. Uspenskiy, V.V. Shimanovska*

Saratov State University E-mail: babkov@sgu.ru

* Institute of Physics, NAS of Ukraine, Kiev E-mail: puchkov@iop.kiev.ua

Regarding the IR spectra of the solid samples of titanium dioxide-benzophenone and titanium dioxide-4-amil-4’-cyanobiphenyl heterogenic bicomponent mixtures measured at room temperature the presence of hydrogen bonds in the samples was revealed. The titanium dioxide compound was represented as nano crystalline particles embedded into corresponding sample. Using density functional theory method (B3LYP/6-31+G(d)) the modeling of the structures and vibrational spectra of the bezophenone, 4-amil-4’-cyanobiphenyl and water free molecules, followed by the modeling of the structures and spectra of the H-bond complexes which are formed in near surface layers of the titanium dioxide nano crystalline particles due to water, which is adsorbed on their surfaces had carried out. On the basis of analysis of the bands spectroscopic parameters (the location, intensity and shape) in IR spectra (measured and simulated) corresponded to hydroxyl, carbonyl and cyano group bonds stretches, the theoretical ground of the titanium dioxide nano crystalline particles near surface layers forming in heterogenic bicomponent systems was given. It is found that the basic role in this mechanism plays the hydrogen bond.

Водородная связь и структура приповерхностных слоев в двухкомпонентных гетеросистемах на основе наночастиц диоксида титана

Л.М. Бабков, Т.В. Безродная, Г.А. Пучковская,

К.Е. Успенский, В.В. Шимановская

На основе анализа ИК спектров твердых образцов гетерогенных двухкомпонентных смесей бензофенон-диоксид титана и 4-амил-4’цианобифенил-диоксид титана, измеренных при комнатной температуре было обнаружено наличие в образцах водородных связей. С использованием метода теории функционала плотности (B3LYP/6-31 +G(d)) было проведено моделирование структур и колебательных спектров свободных молекул бензофенона, 4-амил-4’-цианобифенила и воды, их H-комплексов, образующихся в приповерхностных слоях наночастиц диоксида титана при участии воды, адсорбирующейся на их поверхностях. На основе анализа спектроскопических параметров полос (положения, интенсивности и формы) в измеренных и рассчитанных ИК спектрах, соответствующих колебаниям связей карбонильной группы, гидроксильной группы и цианогруппы, были даны теоретические выводы о формировании приповерхностных слоев наночастиц диоксида титана в гетерогенных двухкомпонентных системах. Установлено, что основную роль в механизме их образования играет водородная связь.

1. INTRODUCTION

The experimental investigation of the bicomponent heterogenic nano systems on the basis of titanium dioxide (TiO2) had performed in the works [1-3] using spectroscopic methods. One of the basic results obtained in those investigations is regarded to the structure of the near surface layers of the TiO2 nano crystalline particles and to the intermolecular interactions inside the layer. On the ground of the analysis of the measured IR spectra [2, 3] the authors making a conclusion that the basic mechanism of intermolecular interactions in these systems is the hydrogen bond. It is forming due to water which is always on the surface of titanium dioxide because of its strong hygroscopic property. The w ater is changing the structure of the TiO2 nano crystalline particles surface: it is hydroxylated. As a result, the conditions for the different H-bond complexes formation in near surface layers of TiO2 nano crystalline particles are created, including H-bond complexes of water with TiO2, and water with the adsorbed organic polar molecules, particularly benzophenone (BP) and 4-amyl-4’-cyanobiphenyl (5CB), which are playing role of the probe. Regarding to the changes in their IR spectra in the regions of O-

H, C=O and C=N bonds stretches appearance it is possible to make a conclusions about the presence of hydrogen bond and about its influ-enc e on the near surface layer structure formation.

The aim of this work is the theoretical proof of the structure forming role of H-bond in near surface layers of TiO2 nano crystalline particles in BP-TiO2 and 5CB-TiO2 bicomponent

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mixtures on the basis of molecular modeling using density functional method(B3LYP) [4] realized in Gaussian’03 software (for Windows).

For this purpose the structure dynamical models for water (H2O), BP and 5CB free molecules were created. Structure dynamical models

for the BP H-O-H, 5CB H-O-H, H2O H-O-

Ti=, BP H-O-Ti=, and 5CB H-O-Ti= H-bond

complexes which supposed to be formed in the near surface layer of TiO2 nano crystalline particles in considered bicomponent heterogenic mixtures were also created. Vibrational spectra from [3] was used .The technology of the samples preparing is given in the same work too.

2. MOLECULAR MODELING

Using density functional method (B3LYP) and 6-31+G(d) basis set the structural dynamical models of the objects mentioned above were created.

The energies of these molecular systems models were minimized and a full optimization of their geometric parameters was performed. Their electro-optical parameters were calculated and IR spectra were computed in harmonic approximation. At the modeling of the H2O......H-O-Ti=,

BP H-O-Ti=, 5CB H-O-Ti= H-bond complexes three remaining free valences of the titanium were filled by hydroxyl groups. The structure dynamical model of the titanium hydroxide Ti(OH)4 were created as auxiliary model. The calculated frequencies were scaled using method [5].

The hydrogen bond energy were estimated using empiric Iogansen formula AH = -0.3(Av -

x 1/2

40) [6], where Av is the shift of the stretch-

ing vibration O-H when the H-complex formed (AH is given in kkal/mol and Av is given in cm-

1).

3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Calculated model of the BP free molecule belongs to C2 point group. It has the view of “right propeller”, and this fact is in agreement with the X-ray diffraction analysis data [7]. Full energy of free BP molecule is -576.65 hartrees, the dipole moment is 3.24 D, the C=0 bond length is 1.228 A, the dihedral angle between phenyl rings planes is 64.2°, the frequency of the C=0 stretch is 1658 cm-1.

Full energy of the 5CB free molecule is -752.14 hartrees, dipole moment is 6.38 D, C=N bond length is 1.164 A, the dihedral angle between phenyl rings planes is 38.3°, the frequency of C=N stretch is 2226 cm-1.

Calculated model of the H2O free molecule belongs to C2V point group. Full energy of the free water molecule according with the modeling results is -76.42 hartrees, dipole moment is 2.25 D, the lengths of the O-H bonds is 0.969 A, HOH angle is 105.5°, the frequencies of O-H stretches are 3668 and 3549 cm-1 respectively.

The model of free Ti(OH)4 molecule belongs to Cs. point group. Full energy of this molecule is -1152.95 hartrees according with the results of the modeling. Dipole moment is 1.93 D, Ti-O bond lengths are in the range 1.8081.813 A, O-H bonds lengths are in the range 0.967-0.968 A The frequency of the Ti-O stretches is 685 cm-1 and the frequencies of the valence angles changing vibrations (Ti atom vertex angles) are 738, 752 and 755 cm-1. The frequencies of O-H stretches are 3625, 3630, 3633 and 3651 cm-1.

The structures of the calculated H-bond complexes models with some signed geometric parameters are showed on the Fig.1.

The modeling of the H-bond complexes gave the following results. Full energy of the

BP....H2O H-bond complex is -653.09 hartrees,

dipole moment 4.27 D, the C=0 bond length is 1.234 A. The dihedral angle between phenyl rings planes is 57.8°. The length of the O-H bond in hydrogen bridge is 0.978 A, the length of the H-bond (O......H) is 1.906 A the hydrogen bond bridge (O-H.......O) length is 2.884 A,

O-H...O angle value is 167.9° The frequencies

of C=0 and O-H stretches are 1657 cm-1 and 3583 cm-1 respectively.

Full energy of BP.....H-O-Ti= H-bond com-

plex is -1729.62 hartrees, dipole moment 6.21 D, C=O bond length is 1.236 A. The dihedral angle between phenyl rings planes is 59.2° - its value increased in comparison with the free BP molecule. The length of the O-H bond in hydrogen bond bridge (O-H.......O) is 0,987, the length

of the hydrogen bond (O..........H) is 1.787 A,

hydrogen bond bridge length is 2.774 A, the

105.7

<>

104.9°

O

O

105.3

Ф

O

Figure 1. Calculated BP......H-O-H (a), BP.....H-O-Ti= (b),

5CB....H-O-H (c), 5CB......H-O-Ti= (d), H2O......HO-Ti= (e)

H-bond complexes structures

O-H....O angle value is 177.5 A, the frequencies

of the C=0 and O-H stretches are 1647 cm-1 and 3385 cm-1 respectively.

Full energy of 5CB.....H2O H-bond complex

is -828.57 hartrees, dipole moment is 9.12 D, C=N bond length is 1.163 A, the dihedral angle between phenyl rings planes is 38.0°, O-H bond

length in hydrogen bridge N......H-O is 0.975 A,

the H-bond (N.....H) length is 2.079 A, the hy-

drogen bond bridge length is 3.054 A, the

N...H-O angle value is 176.0°, the frequency of

C=N stretch is 2233 cm-1.

Full energy of 5CB........H-O-Ti= H-bond

complex is 1905.11 hartrees. Dipole moment is 10.95 D. C=N bond length is 1,162 A, the dihedral angle between phenyl rings planes is 38.4°,

O-H bond length in hydrogen bridge N...........H-O

is 0.981 A, the H-bond (N............H) length is

a

O

о

c

е

1.924 A, the hydrogen bond bridge length is

2.905 A, the N......H-O angle value is 178.7°,

the frequencies of the C=0 and O-H stretches

The influence of H-bond on the dynamics of adsorbent and '"H-O-Ti= molecular system

are 2237 cm and 3420 cm respectively.

Full energy of H2O H-O- Ti= H-bond

complex is 1229.39 hartrees. Dipole moment is 4.18 D, O-H bonds lengths in water are 0.978 À and 0.968 À. O-H bond length that is closest to the hydrogen bond in H-O- Ti= fragment is 0.970 À. Ti-O bond length is 1.838 À. The

length of the H.....O hydrogen bond is 1.904 À.

The length of the hydrogen bond bridge

(O-H....O) is 2.874 À. The O-H.......O angle is

174.9°. The frequency of closest to H-bond Ti-O stretch is 670 cm-1, the frequencies of the Ti atom vertex angles vibrations are 734, 756 and 766 cm-1. The frequency of the O-H stretch in

the O-H....O H-bond bridge (O-H from water

and O from H-O- Ti= fragment) is 3548 cm-1.

In the Table are given the main calculated parameters of the considered molecular systems: the lengths of the O-H, C=0 and C=N bonds, the frequencies of their stretches, intensities in calculated IR spectra, the shifts of the frequencies at the H-bond complex formation and estimated H-bond energies. The analysis of the data from the table 1 and of the modeling results represented in the paper allows making a conclusion about the influence of the H-bond complexes formation on the structures and spectra of BP and 5CB molecules. It also allows answering on the main question about the structure forming role of the H-bond in the forming of the near surface layers of the TiO2 nano crystalline particles.

In BP-TiO2 bicomponent mixture in near surface layer are forming the H-bond complexes

BP....H-O-H, H2O....H-O-Ti=, BP......H-O-Ti= and

H-bond complexes of the water. According with

the modeling results at the BP.......H2O H-bond

complex formation the length of C=O bond is increasing by 0.006 À and the frequency of the C=O stretch is decreasing by 1 cm-1. Intensity of this vibration is increased 1.23 times. The length of O-H bond of water is increasing by 0.009 À and the frequency of its stretch is decreasing by 85 cm-1 and the IR intensity of this vibration is increased ten times approximately. The energy of H-bond AH is 2.01 kcal/moles.

Object V, cm-1 I IR, km/mole Assign- ment Av*, cm-1 ah, kcal/mole

BP 1658 188.9 Q(C=O) - -

BP Н2О 1657 231.6 Q(C=O) 1 -

3583 510.7 Q(O-H) 85 2.01

BP H-O-Ti= 1647 314.2 Q(C=O) 11- -

3385 2149 Q(O-H) 266 4.51

5CB 2226 90.6 Q(C=N) - -

5 C B H2O 2233 173.7 Q(C=N) - -

35 1 8 510.7 Q(O-H) 150 3.15

5CB H-O-Ti= 2237 225.1 Q(C=N) - -

3420 2678.7 Q(O-H) 231 4.15

H2O 3668 52.9 Q(O-H) - -

Ti-(OH)4 3651 148.7 Q(O-H) - -

H2O H-O-Ti= 3548 442.2 Q(O-H) 119 2.67

Av was determined as a difference between of maximal calculated frequency of O-H stretch in the free molecule and frequency of the O-H stretch in corresponding H-bond complex.

At the H2O......H-O-Ti= H-bond complex

formation the O-H bond of hydroxyl is increasing slightly (by 0.002 À) and the O-H bond of water increases by 0.009 À. The Ti-O bond length is increased by 0.03 À. The frequencies of the O-H stretches of water in the hydrogen

bond bridge O.....H-O is decreased by 119 cm-1.

The energy of H-bond AH is 2.67 kcal/moles.

At the BP....H-O-Ti= H-bond complex for-

mation the C=O bond is increasing by 0.008 À the frequency of its stretch is decreasing by 11 cm-1 and the IR intensity of this stretch is

1.66 times increased. The O-H bond length of the hydroxyl is increased by 0.02 À, the frequency of its stretch is decreased by 266 cm-1 and the IR intensity of the stretch is approximately ten times increased. The energy of H-bond AH is 4.51 kcal/moles. It is computed using the difference between the maximal frequency of the O-H stretches in Ti(OH)4 free molecule and the frequency of O-H stretch of the

hydroxyl in the H-bond bridge (O-H...........O) in

BP H-O-Ti= H-bond complex.

In the 5CB-TiO2 bicomponent mixture in near surface layer of the TiO2 nano crystalline

particles the 5CB H-O-H, H2O H-O-Ti,

5CB H-O-Ti= and water H-bond complexes

are formed. According to the results of the mod-

eling for the 5CB.......H-O-H H-bond complex

model the following results obtained. The O-H bond length is increased by 0.006 À, the frequency of its stretch is decreasing by 150 cm-1. The energy of the H-bond is 3.15 kcal/moles. The C=N bond length is decreased by 0.001 À, the frequency of its stretch is increased by 7 cm-1.

A similar situation is taking place at the 5CB' H-O-Ti= H-bond complex formation. The C=N bond length is decreasing by 0.002 À, O-H bond length is increasing by 0.014 À The frequency of the C=N stretch increases by 11 cm-1, and the frequency of O-H stretch is decreasing by 231 cm-1. The H-bond energy is 4.15 kcal/ /moles. The peculiarity of the complex formation process in 5CB-TiO2 system is the frequency increasing of the C=N stretch and decreasing of the C=N bond length.

Results of the modeling, and calculated IR spectra particularly are in good agreement with the experimental data (Figs. 2, 3). The derivation of the contours of the experimental bands corresponding to the O-H, C=0, and C=N stretches can be easily explained on the basis of the IR spectra calculations. In 3200-3600 cm-1 region of the BP-TiO2 mixture IR spectra the

O-H stretches of the BP.H-O-H, H2O....H-O-Ti=,

BP...H-O-Ti=H-complexes and water are ap-

peared. In the 1640-1650 cm-1 region a carbonyl group stretches of BP and of its H-bond

complexes (BP.....H-O-Ti= ,BP......H-O-H, see

Fig. 2) are appeared. In the 2215-2245 cm-1 region of the 5CB-TiO2 heterogenic mixture IR spectrum the cyano group valence stretches of

the 5CB and of its H-bond complexes (5CB.....H-

-O-H, 5CB H-O-Ti=, see Fig. 3) are appeared.

3800

3600

3400

3200

3000

Figure 2. A comparison of the experimental IR spectrum (a) of BP-TiO2 mixture, BP (2) and calculated (b) IR spectra of BP (1),

BP H-O-H (2) and BP H-O-Ti= (3) H2O HO-Ti= (4)

the hydrogen bond. It is determining the structure and the composition of the near surface layer. The hydrogen bond is revealed due to the representative wide band in the 3200-3600 cm-1 region. This band corresponds to the hydroxyl groups of H-bond complexes stretches. Hydrogen bond is also transforming the IR spectra of the BP and 5CB probe molecules in the regions of the appearance of the С=О and feN bonds stretches. The analysis of the corresponding bands in IR spectra allowed the authors to found the representative peculiarities of the H-bond complexes formation processes in the BP-TiO2 and 5CB-TiO2 systems. One of these peculiarities is the effect of the frequency increasing of the feN stretch and the decreasing of the ^N bond length in 5CB-TiO2 system. The H-bonds in the H-bond complexes had estimated as H-bonds with medium strength with the energies values in range 2.1-4.51 kcal/moles. Measured IR spectra of the BP-TiO2 and 5CB-TiO2 mixtures are the superposition of the free BP, 5CB and TiO2 molecules IR spectra and of the IR spectra of the H-bond complexes forming in near surface layer of the TiO2 nano crystalline particles.

This becomes obvious after the decomposition of the contour of experimental curve into two contours, one of which has small intensity and is blue-shifted. This contour matches to the H-bond complexes vibrations.

4. CONCLUSION

The analysis of the measured IR spectra of the BP-TiO2 and 5CB-TiO2 heterogenic nanosystems and of the free water, BP, 5CB, and Ti(OH)4 molecules together with the analysis of

the BP...H-O-H, 5CB.....H-O-H, H2O......HO-Ti=,

BP...H-O-Ti=, and 5CB.........H-O-Ti= H-bond

complexes modeling results allows to make a conclusion, that the basic mechanism of the intermolecular interactions in the near surface layers of the TiO2 nano crystalline particles is

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