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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 103, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.096103
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- DOE [DE-FG02-08ER46491]
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Molecular hydrogen adsorption in a nanoporous metal-organic framework structure (MOF-74) is studied via van der Waals density-functional calculations. The primary and secondary binding sites for H-2 are confirmed. The low-lying rotational and translational energy levels are calculated, based on the orientation and position dependent potential energy surface at the two binding sites. A consistent picture is obtained between the calculated rotational-translational transitions for different H-2 loadings and those measured by inelastic neutron scattering exciting the singlet to triplet (para to ortho) transition in H-2. The H-2 binding energy after zero-point energy correction due to the rotational and translational motions is predicted to be similar to 100 meV in good agreement with the experimental value of similar to 90 meV.
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