Table 1 For specific vibrational modes, a comparison of the experimental IR results (marked in bold) and the theoretical results calculated by DFT.

From: Colossal barocaloric effect achieved by exploiting the amorphous high entropy of solidified polyethylene glycol

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

  1. LT and HT denote low-temperature and high-temperature, respectively.
  2. The bold values represent the IR results obtained by the experiments, which has been labeled in the caption of the table.