Study of sulfur α-S8 crystals with an anisotropic inter-molecular potential model

Abstract An anisotropic atom–atom inter-molecular potential model is used to study the α-S 8 phase of this elemental sulfur compound. Comparisons with the results obtained in previous papers [1] , [2] , using an isotropic model are performed. The possible existence of a monoclinic α ′ -S 8 polymorph is discussed.