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Terahertz time-domain spectroscopic investigation on quinones

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Well resolved far-infrared spectra of 1,4-benzoquinone, 1,4-naphthoquinone, and 9, 10-anthraquinonme in polycrystalline form have been measured with terahertz time domain spectroscopy at room temperature. The characterizations of power absorption and index of refraction in the frequency range 0.3–2.0 THz are presented. Theoretical calculation is applied to assist the analysis and assignment of individual THz absorption spectra of the p-quinones with semiempirical AM1, Hartree-Fock (HF), and density functional theory (DFT) method. Observed THz responses are assigned to the translational and torsional vibrations of p-quinone dimer held together by weak hydrogen bonds.

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    Min Ge, HongWei Zhao, WenFeng Wang, XiaoHan Yu & WenXin Li

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 10675158) and the major project of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Science and Technology (Grant No. 06dj14008)

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Ge, M., Zhao, H., Wang, W. et al. Terahertz time-domain spectroscopic investigation on quinones. Sci. China Ser. B-Chem. 51, 354–358 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-008-0004-9

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