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Role of Dispersion Interactions in the Polymorphism and Entropic Stabilization of the Aspirin Crystal

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Reilly,  Anthony
Theory, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Tkatchenko,  Alexandre
Theory, Fritz Haber Institute, Max Planck Society;

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Reilly, A., & Tkatchenko, A. (2014). Role of Dispersion Interactions in the Polymorphism and Entropic Stabilization of the Aspirin Crystal. Physical Review Letters, 113(5): 055701. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.055701.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-001A-09EA-3
Abstract
Aspirin has been used and studied for over a century, but has only recently been shown to have an additional polymorphic form, known as form II. Since the two observed solid forms of aspirin are degenerate in terms of lattice energy, kinetic eects have been suggested to determine the metastability of the less abundant form II. Here, rst-principles calculations provide an alternative explanation based on free-energy dierences at room temperature. The explicit consideration of many-body van der Waals interactions in the free energy demonstrates that the stability of the most abundant form of aspirin is due to a subtle coupling between collective electronic uctuations and quantized lattice vibrations. In addition, a systematic analysis of the elastic properties of the two forms of aspirin rules out mechanical instability of form II as making it metastable