Table 1 For specific vibrational modes, a comparison of the experimental IR results (marked in bold) and the theoretical results calculated by DFT.
Vibration mode | Wavenumber (cm−1) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exp. PEG10000 | Cal. free-PEG | Exp. PEG10000/PET15000 | Cal. fixed-PEG | |||||
295 K | 353 K | LT | HT | 295 K | 353 K | LT | HT | |
\({\updelta}_{{\mathrm{CH}}_{2}}\) (gauche) | 1469, 1455 | 1461 | 1475, 1462 | 1471 | 1469, 1455 | 1468 | 1475, 1462 | 1471 |
\({\updelta}_{{\mathrm{CH}}_{2}}\) (trans) | 1485 | 1489 | ||||||
\({\upomega}_{{\mathrm{CH}}_{2}}\) (gauche) | 1361, 1344 | 1351 | 1393, 1379 | 1392 | 1360, 1344 | 1347 | 1393, 1379 | 1388 |
\({\upomega}_{{\mathrm{CH}}_{2}}\) (trans) | 1324 | 1350 | ||||||
\({\uptau}_{{\mathrm{CH}}_{2}}\)-1 | 1282 | 1298 | 1319 | 1337 | 1280 | 1274 | 1318 | 1312 |
\({\uptau}_{{\mathrm{CH}}_{2}}\)-2 | 1241 | 1251 | 1291 | 1300 | 1247 | 1257 | 1298 | 1308 |