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The frequency and temperature dependence of the real and imaginary parts of the dielectric constant (ε′,ε″), the phase shift (φ) and the ac-conductivity (σ) of the polycrystalline (β-Cyclodextrin) 2·CsI7·13H2O (β-Cs) have been investigated over the frequency and temperature ranges of 0-100 kHz and 140-425 K, respectively, in combination with Raman spectroscopy and DSC. The ε′(T), ε″(T) and φ(T) variations at frequency 300 Hz in the range 140 K<T<300 K show two sigmoids, two bell-shaped curves and two minima, respectively, revealing the existence of two kinds of water molecules, tightly bound and easily movable ones. β-Cs shows the transition of normal hydrogen bonds to those of flip-flop type at 199.9 K. As the temperature increases most of the thirteen water molecules per cyclodextrin dimer remain tightly bound and only a small number of them become easily movable. The DSC trace shows a small endothermic peak with an onset temperature of 80 °C, which is related to the easily movable water molecules. Strong peaks at 115 and 135 °C are caused by the tightly bound water molecules and the sublimation of iodine, respectively. The Cs+ ions contribute to the ac-conductivity via a Grotthuss mechanism with an activation energy 0.64 eV when all the water molecules exist in the crystal lattice and 0.45 eV when the easily movable water molecules start to escape. The Raman peaks at 179, 170 and 166 cm-1 are due to the I2·I-3·I2 polyiodide chains consisting of I-3 units indicating charge transfer interactions and lengthening of I2 units, respectively. The charge of I-7 units remains localized with negligible contribution to the conductivity until the sublimation of iodine starts. © 2005 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved. |
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