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Kreis C, Schmitz JR, Merkt F. Characterisation of the ground X + 2Π Ω and first excited A + 2Σ + electronic states of MgO + by high-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:19359-19368. [PMID: 38967141 PMCID: PMC11253245 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp01944j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/06/2024]
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Despite the importance of MgO+ for understanding the electronic structure and chemical bonds in alkaline-earth metal oxides and its potential astrophysical relevance, hardly any spectroscopic information is available on this molecular cation. We report on a high-resolution photoelectron spectroscopic study of MgO using a resonant (1 + 1') two-photon excitation scheme in combination with PFI-ZEKE photoelectron spectroscopy. By carrying out the resonant excitation via selected rotational levels of several intermediate states of different electronic configurations, total electronic spins, and internuclear distances, a broad range of vibrational levels of the X+ 2ΠΩ (Ω = 3/2, 1/2) ground and A+ 2Σ+ first excited states of MgO+ were observed for the first time. The new data provide a full characterisation of the rovibronic level structure of MgO+ up to 2 eV (16 000 cm-1) of internal energy. A full set of vibrational, rotational and spin-orbit-coupling molecular constants were extracted for these two electronic states. The adiabatic ionisation energy and the singlet-triplet interval of 24Mg16O were determined to be 64 577.65(20) cm-1 and 2492.4(3) cm-1, respectively.
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- C Kreis
- Institute of Molecular Physical Sciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Physical Sciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Physical Sciences, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Flach M, Hirsch K, Gitzinger T, Timm M, da Silva Santos M, Ablyasova OS, Kubin M, von Issendorff B, Lau JT, Zamudio-Bayer V. Abrupt Change from Ionic to Covalent Bonding in Nickel Halides Accompanied by Ligand Field Inversion. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:11812-11820. [PMID: 38857413 PMCID: PMC11200264 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/12/2024]
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The electronic configuration of transition metal centers and their ligands is crucial for redox reactions in metal catalysis and electrochemistry. We characterize the electronic structure of gas-phase nickel monohalide cations via nickel L2,3-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Comparison with multiplet charge-transfer simulations and experimental spectra of selectively prepared nickel monocations in both ground- and excited-state configurations are used to facilitate our analysis. Only for [NiF]+ with an assigned ground state of 3Π can the bonding be described as predominantly ionic, while the heavier halides with assigned ground states of 3Π or 3Δ exhibit a predominantly covalent contribution. The increase in covalency is accompanied by a transition from a classical ligand field for [NiF]+ to an inverted ligand field for [NiCl]+, [NiBr]+, and [NiI]+, resulting in a leading 3d9 L̲ configuration with a ligand hole (L̲) and a 3d occupation indicative of nickel(I) compounds. Hence, the absence of a ligand hole in [NiF]+ precludes any ligand-based redox reactions. Additionally, we demonstrate that the shift in energy of the L3 resonance is reduced compared to that of isolated atoms upon the formation of covalent compounds.
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- Max Flach
- Abteilung
für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien and
Energie, Berlin 12489, Germany
- Physikalisches
Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany
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- Abteilung
für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien and
Energie, Berlin 12489, Germany
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- Physikalisches
Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany
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- Abteilung
für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien and
Energie, Berlin 12489, Germany
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- Abteilung
für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien and
Energie, Berlin 12489, Germany
- Physikalisches
Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany
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- Abteilung
für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien and
Energie, Berlin 12489, Germany
- Physikalisches
Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany
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- Abteilung
für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien and
Energie, Berlin 12489, Germany
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- Physikalisches
Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany
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- Abteilung
für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien and
Energie, Berlin 12489, Germany
- Physikalisches
Institut, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität
Freiburg, Freiburg 79104, Germany
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- Abteilung
für Hochempfindliche Röntgenspektroskopie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien and
Energie, Berlin 12489, Germany
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Kreis C, Schmitz JR, Merkt F. High-Resolution Photoelectron Spectroscopy of the Ground and First Excited Electronic States of MgXe . J Phys Chem A 2024; 128:3149-3157. [PMID: 38619915 PMCID: PMC11056989 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.4c00940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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We report on the characterization of the X+ 2Σ+ ground and the A+ 2ΠΩ (Ω = 1/2, 3/2) and B+ 2Σ+ electronically excited states of MgXe+. Rotationally cold MgXe in the a 3Π0(v″ = 0) metastable electronic state was generated in a laser-ablation supersonic-beam source. Following single-photon excitation from the metastable state, the vibrational structure of the X+ state of MgXe+ was measured by pulsed-field-ionization zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectroscopy, and the adiabatic ionization energy of the X+ ← a ionizing transition was determined to be EI/(hc) = 37,468.3(6) cm-1. Spectra of the A+ ← X+ and B+ ← X+ transitions were recorded by using the method of isolated-core Rydberg-dissociation spectroscopy. The observation of the Mg+(3p) 2P1/2 + Xe 1S0 dissociation limit enabled the determination of the dissociation energies of the X+ [D0(X+) = 2970(7) cm-1] and A+ states [D0(A1/2+) = 9781(7) cm-1 and D0(A3/2+) = 9603(7) cm-1]. We compare these results with those of earlier experimental studies and ab initio quantum-chemical calculations.
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- C. Kreis
- Institute of Molecular Physical Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Physical Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Physical Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich CH-8093, Switzerland
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Mabrouk N, Dhiflaoui J, Bejaoui M, Saidi S, Berriche H. Pairwise Model Potential and DFT Study of Li+Nen Clusters ( n = 1-20): The Structural, Electronic, and Thermodynamic Properties. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:41438-41450. [PMID: 37970048 PMCID: PMC10633865 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c05238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023]
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The structural properties, relative stabilities, electronic, and thermodynamic properties, of Li+Nen (n = 1-20) clusters have been studied based on a pairwise model and density functional theory (DFT) methods. In the pairwise method, the potential energy surface considered interactions between Li+Ne, Ne - Ne, and many-body term. For the DFT calculations, the B3LYP functional combined with the 6-311 + + G (2d,2p) basis sets has been employed. In both methods, the Li+Ne6 cluster demonstrated high stability with an octahedral structure, where the Li+ cation was surrounded by Ne atoms. Thus, the octahedral Li+Ne6 structure was considered to be the core for larger cluster sizes. Relative stabilities were assessed based on binding energies, second-order differences of energies, transition dipole moment, and HOMO-LUMO energy gaps. Furthermore, thermodynamic properties were calculated, revealing that the formation process of Li+Nen clusters is endothermic and nonspontaneous.
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- Nesrine Mabrouk
- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Avenue de l’Environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Avenue de l’Environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Avenue de l’Environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Avenue de l’Environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
- Department
of Physics, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 16273, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory
of Interfaces and Advanced Materials, Physics Department, Faculty of Sciences of Monastir, Avenue de l’Environnement, Monastir 5019, Tunisia
- Mathematics
and Physics Department, School of Arts and Sciences, American University of Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al-Khaimah 10021, UAE
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Miyazaki M, Ono M, Otsuka R, Dopfer O, Fujii M. Electronic and vibrational spectroscopies of aromatic clusters with He in a supersonic jet: The case of neutral and cationic phenol-Hen (n = 1 and 2). J Chem Phys 2023; 159:134303. [PMID: 37787127 DOI: 10.1063/5.0169716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023] Open
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Van der Waals clusters composed of He and aromatic molecules provide fundamental information about intermolecular interactions in weakly bound systems. In this study, phenol-helium clusters (PhOH-Hen with n ≤ 2) are characterized for the first time by UV and IR spectroscopies. The S1 ← S0 origin and ionization energy both show small but additive shifts, suggesting π-bound structures of these clusters, a conclusion supported by rotational contour analyses of the S1 origin bands. The OH stretching vibrations of the PhOH moiety in the clusters match with those of bare PhOH in both the S0 and D0 states, illustrating the negligible perturbation of the He atoms on the molecular vibration. Matrix shifts induced by He attachment are discussed based on the observed band positions with the help of complementary quantum chemical calculations. For comparison, the UV and ionization spectra of PhOH-Ne are reported as well.
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- Mitsuhiko Miyazaki
- Natural Science Division, Faculty of Core Research, Ochanomizu University, 2-1-1 Ohtsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112-8610, Japan
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
- International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Institute of Innovation Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
- International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Institute of Innovation Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Fielicke A. Probing the binding and activation of small molecules by gas-phase transition metal clusters via IR spectroscopy. Chem Soc Rev 2023. [PMID: 37162518 DOI: 10.1039/d2cs00104g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Isolated transition metal clusters have been established as useful models for extended metal surfaces or deposited metal particles, to improve the understanding of their surface chemistry and of catalytic reactions. For this objective, an important milestone has been the development of experimental methods for the size-specific structural characterization of clusters and cluster complexes in the gas phase. This review focusses on the characterization of molecular ligands, their binding and activation by small transition metal clusters, using cluster-size specific infrared action spectroscopy. A comprehensive overview and a critical discussion of the experimental data available to date is provided, reaching from the initial results obtained using line-tuneable CO2 lasers to present-day studies applying infrared free electron lasers as well as other intense and broadly tuneable IR laser sources.
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- André Fielicke
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Buchachenko AA, Visentin G, Viehland LA. Gaseous transport properties of the ground and excited Cr, Co and Ni cations in He: Ab initio study of electronic state chromatography. J Chem Phys 2022; 157:104303. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0107110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The electronic state chromatography (ESC) effect allows the differentiation of ions in their ground and metastable states by their gaseous mobilities in the limit of low electrostatic fields. It is investigated here by means of accurate transport calculations with ab initio ion-atom potentials for the Cr, Co and Ni cations in He buffer gas near room temperature. The values for the open-shell ions in degenerate states are shown to be well approximated by using the single isotropic interaction potential. Minimalistic implementation of the multireference configuration interaction (MRCI) method is enough to describe the zero-field transport properties of metastable ions in the 3dm-14s configuration, such as Cr+(a6D), Co+(a5F) and Ni+(4F), due to their weak and almost isotropic interaction with He atom and the low sensitivity of the measured mobilities to the potential well region. By contrast, interactions involving the ions in the ground 3dm states, such as Cr+(a6S), Co+(a3F) and Ni+(2D), are strong and anisotropic; the MRCI potentials poorly describe their transport coefficients. Even the coupled cluster with singles, doubles and non-iterative triples [CCSD(T)] approach taking into account vectorial spin-orbit coupling may not be accurate enough, as shown here for Ni+(2D). The sensitivity of ion mobility and the ESC effect to interaction potentials, similarities in ion-He interactions of the studied ions in distinct configurations, accuracy and possible improvements of the ab initio schemes, and control of the ESC effect by macroscopic parameters are discussed. Extensive sets of improved interaction potentials and transport data are generated.
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- Department of Chemistry, Chatham University, United States of America
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Davies AR, Azim H, Wright TG. Interactions in coinage-metal/ligand complexes, CM–L, and their cations (CM = Cu, Ag, Au; L = CO, N 2 and H 2). Mol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2022.2101956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Alexander R. Davies
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK
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Ferrari P, Delgado-Callico L, Lushchikova OV, Bejide M, Wensink FJ, Bakker JM, Baletto F, Janssens E. Bonding Nature between Noble Gases and Small Gold Clusters. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:4309-4314. [PMID: 35533018 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Noble gases are usually seen as utterly inert, likewise gold, which is typically conceived as the noblest of all metals. While one may expect that noble gases bind to gold via dispersion interactions only, strong bonds can be formed between noble gas atoms and small gold clusters. We combine mass spectrometry, infrared spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations to address the bonding nature between Aun+ (n ≤ 4) clusters and Ar, Kr, and Xe. We unambiguously determine the geometries and quantitatively uncover the bonding nature in AunNgm+ (Ng = Ar, Kr, Xe) complexes. Each Au cluster can form covalent bonds with atop bound noble gas atoms, with strengths that increase with the noble gas atomic radius. This is demonstrated by calculated adsorption energies, Bader electron charges, and analysis of the electron density. The covalent bonding character, however, is limited to the atop-coordinated Ng atoms.
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- Piero Ferrari
- Quantum Solid-State Physics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200d, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, 6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Quantum Solid-State Physics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200d, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, 6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, 6525 ED Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, U.K
- Department of Physics, University of Milan, Via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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- Quantum Solid-State Physics, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200d, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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Kędziorski A, Patrick Zobel J, Krośnicki M, Koperski J. Rydberg states of ZnAr complex. Mol Phys 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2022.2073282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Andrzej Kędziorski
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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Davies AR, Cranney A, Viehland LA, Wright TG. Interactions of Si +( 2PJ) and Ge + ( 2PJ) with rare gas atoms (He-Rn): interaction potentials, spectroscopy, and ion transport coefficients. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:7144-7163. [PMID: 35274637 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05710c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Accurate interatomic potentials were calculated for the interaction of a singly-charged silicon cation, Si+, with a single rare gas atom, RG (RG = Kr-Rn), as well as a singly-charged germanium cation, Ge+, with a single rare gas atom, RG (RG = He-Rn). The RCCSD(T) method and basis sets of quadruple-ζ and quintuple-ζ quality were employed; each interaction energy is counterpoise corrected and extrapolated to the basis set limit. The lowest electronic term (2P) of each cation was considered, and the interatomic potentials calculated for the diatomic terms that arise from these: 2Π and 2Σ+. Additionally, the interatomic potentials for the respective spin-orbit levels were calculated, and the effect on the spectroscopic parameters was examined. Variations in several spectroscopic parameters with the increasing atomic number of RG were examined. The presence of incipient chemical interaction was also examined via Birge-Sponer-like plots and various population analyses across the series. In the cases of heavier RG, these were consistent with a small amount of electron transfer from the heavier RG atom to the cation, rationalizing the spin-orbit splittings. This was also supported by the observed larger-than-expected spin-orbit splittings for the Si+-RG complexes. Finally, each set of RCCSD(T) potentials including spin-orbit coupling was employed to calculate transport coefficients for the cation moving through a bath of the RG. The calculated ion mobilities showed significant differences for the two atomic spin-orbit states, arising from subtle changes in the interaction potentials.
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- Alexander R Davies
- School of Chemistry, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
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- Science Department, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15232, USA.
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- School of Chemistry, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.
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Argon Adsorption on Cationic Gold Clusters Au n+ ( n ≤ 20). Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26134082. [PMID: 34279423 PMCID: PMC8272223 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26134082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The interaction of Aun+ (n ≤ 20) clusters with Ar is investigated by combining mass spectrometric experiments and density functional theory calculations. We show that the inert Ar atom forms relatively strong bonds with Aun+. The strength of the bond strongly varies with the cluster size and is governed by a fine interplay between geometry and electronic structure. The chemical bond between Aun+ and Ar involves electron transfer from Ar to Au, and a stronger interaction is found when the Au adsorption site has a higher positive partial charge, which depends on the cluster geometry. Au15+ is a peculiar cluster size, which stands out for its much stronger interaction with Ar than its neighbors, signaled by a higher abundance in mass spectra and a larger Ar adsorption energy. This is shown to be a consequence of a low-coordinated Au adsorption site in Au15+, which possesses a large positive partial charge.
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Ca + Ions Solvated in Helium Clusters. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26123642. [PMID: 34203679 PMCID: PMC8232145 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26123642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We present a combined experimental and theoretical investigation on Ca+ ions in helium droplets, HeNCa+. The clusters have been formed in the laboratory by means of electron-impact ionization of Ca-doped helium nanodroplets. Energies and structures of such complexes have been computed using various approaches such as path integral Monte Carlo, diffusion Monte Carlo and basin-hopping methods. The potential energy functions employed in these calculations consist of analytical expressions following an improved Lennard-Jones formula whose parameters are fine-tuned by exploiting ab initio estimations. Ion yields of HeNCa+ -obtained via high-resolution mass spectrometry- generally decrease with N with a more pronounced drop between N=17 and N=25, the computed quantum HeNCa+ evaporation energies resembling this behavior. The analysis of the energies and structures reveals that covering Ca+ with 17 He atoms leads to a cluster with one of the smallest energies per atom. As new atoms are added, they continue to fill the first shell at the expense of reducing its stability, until N=25, which corresponds to the maximum number of atoms in that shell. Behavior of the evaporation energies and radial densities suggests liquid-like cluster structures.
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Andrade MDD, Jesus WS, Prudente FV, Marques JMC. On the stabilization of the Li$$^+$$-Li$$^+$$ interaction by microsolvation with rare-gas atoms. Theor Chem Acc 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-021-02763-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wehrli D, Génévriez M, Merkt F. Spectroscopic characterization of a thermodynamically stable doubly charged diatomic molecule: MgAr 2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:10978-10987. [PMID: 33928972 PMCID: PMC8115400 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00730k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Although numerous doubly positively charged diatomic molecules (diatomic dications) are known from investigations using mass spectrometry and ab initio quantum chemistry, only three of them, NO2+, N22+ and DCl2+, have been studied using rotationally resolved optical spectroscopy and only about a dozen by vibrationally resolved double-ionization methods. So far, no thermodynamically stable diatomic dication has been characterized spectroscopically, primarily because of experimental difficulties associated with their synthesis in sufficient densities in the gas phase. Indeed, such molecules typically involve, as constituents, rare-gas, halogen, chalcogen, and metal atoms. We report here on a new approach to characterize molecular dications based on high-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy of the singly charged parent molecular cation and present the first spectroscopic characterization of a thermodynamically stable diatomic dication, MgAr2+. From the fully resolved vibrational and partially resolved rotational structures of the photoelectron spectra of 24MgAr+ and 26MgAr+, we determined the potential-energy function of the electronic ground state of MgAr2+, its dissociation (binding) energy (D0 = 10 690(3) cm−1), and its harmonic (ωe(24MgAr2+) = 327.02(11) cm−1) and anharmonic (ωexe(24MgAr2+) = 2.477(15) cm−1) vibrational constants. The analysis enables us to explain quantitatively how the strong bond arises in this dication despite the fact that Ar and Mg2+ both have a full-shell rare-gas electronic configuration. We present a new method to study doubly charged molecules relying on high-resolution spectroscopy of the singly charged parent cation, and report on the first spectroscopic characterization of a thermodynamically stable diatomic dication, MgAr2+.![]()
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- Dominik Wehrli
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Benchmarking density functional theory methods for modelling cationic metal–argon complexes. Theor Chem Acc 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-021-02734-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Marks JH, Miliordos E, Duncan MA. Infrared spectroscopy of RG-Co +(H 2O) complexes (RG = Ar, Ne, He): The role of rare gas "tag" atoms. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:064306. [PMID: 33588546 DOI: 10.1063/5.0041069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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RGn-Co+(H2O) cation complexes (RG = Ar, Ne, He) are generated in a supersonic expansion by pulsed laser vaporization. Complexes are mass-selected using a time-of-flight spectrometer and studied with infrared laser photodissociation spectroscopy, measuring the respective mass channels corresponding to the elimination of the rare gas "tag" atom. Spectral patterns and theory indicate that the structures of the ions with a single rare gas atom have this bound to the cobalt cation opposite the water moiety in a near-C2v arrangement. The O-H stretch vibrations of the complex are shifted compared to those of water because of the metal cation charge-transfer interaction; these frequencies also vary systematically with the rare gas atom attached. The efficiencies of photodissociation also vary with the rare gas atoms because of their widely different binding energies to the cobalt cation. The spectrum of the argon complex could only be measured when at least three argon atoms were attached. In the case of the helium complex, the low binding energy allows the spectra to be measured for the low-frequency H-O-H scissors bending mode and for the O-D stretches of the deuterated analog. The partially resolved rotational structure for the antisymmetric O-H and O-D stretches reveals the temperature of these complexes (6 K) and establishes the electronic ground state. The helium complex has the same 3B1 ground state as the tag-free complex studied previously by Metz and co-workers ["Dissociation energy and electronic and vibrational spectroscopy of Co+(H2O) and its isotopomers," J. Phys. Chem. A 117, 1254 (2013)], but the A rotational constant is contaminated by vibrational averaging from the bending motion of the helium.
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- Joshua H Marks
- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Zou J, Osterwalder A. Investigation of the low-energy stereodynamics in the Ne( 3P 2) + N 2, CO reactions. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:104306. [PMID: 32933296 DOI: 10.1063/5.0022053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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We report on an experimental investigation of the low-energy stereodynamics of the energy transfer reactions Ne(3P2) + X, producing Ne(1S) + X+ and [Ne-X]+ (X = N2 or CO). Collision energies in the range 0.2 K-700 K are obtained by using the merged beam technique. Two kinds of product ions are generated by Penning and associative ionization, respectively. The intermediate product [Ne-X]+ in vibrationally excited states can predissociate into bare ions (X+). The experimental ratio of the NeX+ and X+ product ion yields is similar for both molecules at high collision energies but diverge at collision energies below 100 K. This difference is explained by the first excited electronic state of the product ions, which is accessible in the case of CO but lies too high in energy in the case of N2.
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- Junwen Zou
- Institute for Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute for Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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González-Lezana T, Echt O, Gatchell M, Bartolomei M, Campos-Martínez J, Scheier P. Solvation of ions in helium. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2020.1794585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Tomás González-Lezana
- Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IFF-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- Department of Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IFF-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas IFF-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Wehrli D, Génévriez M, Knecht S, Reiher M, Merkt F. Complete characterization of the 3p Rydberg complex of a molecular ion: MgAr+. I. Observation of the Mg(3pσ)Ar+ B+ state and determination of its structure and dynamics. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:074310. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0015603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Dominik Wehrli
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Génévriez M, Wehrli D, Merkt F. Complete characterization of the 3p Rydberg complex of a molecular ion: MgAr+. II. Global analysis of the A+ 2Π and B+ 2Σ+ (3pσ,π) states. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:074311. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0015608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Matthieu Génévriez
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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Visentin G, Laatiaoui M, Viehland LA, Buchachenko AA. Mobility of the Singly-Charged Lanthanide and Actinide Cations: Trends and Perspectives. Front Chem 2020; 8:438. [PMID: 32528933 PMCID: PMC7262671 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2020.00438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The current status of gaseous transport studies of the singly-charged lanthanide and actinide ions is reviewed in light of potential applications to superheavy ions. The measurements and calculations for the mobility of lanthanide ions in He and Ar agree well, and they are remarkably sensitive to the electronic configuration of the ion, namely, whether the outer electronic shells are 6s, 5d6s or 6s2. The previous theoretical work is extended here to ions of the actinide family with zero electron orbital momentum: Ac+ (7s2, 1S), Am+ (5f77s 9S°), Cm+ (5f77s2 8S°), No+ (5f147s 2S), and Lr+ (5f147s2 1S). The calculations reveal large systematic differences in the mobilities of the 7s and 7s2 groups of ions and other similarities with their lanthanide analogs. The correlation of ion-neutral interaction potentials and mobility variations with spatial parameters of the electron distributions in the bare ions is explored through the ionic radii concept. While the qualitative trends found for interaction potentials and mobilities render them appealing for superheavy ion research, lack of experimental data and limitations of the scalar relativistic ab initio approaches in use make further efforts necessary to bring the transport measurements into the inventory of techniques operating in "one atom at a time" mode.
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- Giorgio Visentin
- Center for Energy Science and Technology, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia
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- Department Chemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany.,Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Science Department, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Center for Energy Science and Technology, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russia.,Theoretical Department, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia
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Guimarães MN, M. de Almeida M, Marques JMC, Prudente FV. A thermodynamic view on the microsolvation of ions by rare gas: application to Li+ with argon. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:10882-10892. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01283a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Parallel tempering Monte Carlo calculations on the Li+Arn microsolvation clusters have shown that the two peaks appearing in the heat capacity curve as a function of temperature correspond to the melting of the second and first solvation shells.
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- M. N. Guimarães
- Instituto de Física
- Universidade Federal da Bahia
- 40170-115 Salvador
- Brazil
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- Instituto de Física
- Universidade Federal da Bahia
- 40170-115 Salvador
- Brazil
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- CQC
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Coimbra
- 3004-535 Coimbra
- Portugal
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- Instituto de Física
- Universidade Federal da Bahia
- 40170-115 Salvador
- Brazil
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Génévriez M, Wehrli D, Merkt F. High-resolution spectroscopy of the transition of MgAr+ by isolated-core multiphoton Rydberg dissociation. Mol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1703051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- M. Génévriez
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Wehrli D, Génévriez M, Kreis C, Agner JA, Merkt F. Determination of the Interaction Potential and Rovibrational Structure of the Ground Electronic State of MgAr+ Using PFI-ZEKE Photoelectron Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem A 2019; 124:379-385. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Dominik Wehrli
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Martini P, Kranabetter L, Goulart M, Rasul B, Gatchell M, Scheier P, Echt O. Atomic Gold Ions Clustered with Noble Gases: Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, and Xenon. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:9505-9513. [PMID: 31621319 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b06715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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High-resolution mass spectra of helium droplets doped with gold and ionized by electrons reveal HenAu+ cluster ions. Additional doping with heavy noble gases results in NenAu+, ArnAu+, KrnAu+, and XenAu+ cluster ions. The high stability predicted for covalently bonded Ar2Au+, Kr2Au+, and Xe2Au+ is reflected in their relatively high abundance. Surprisingly, the abundance of Ne2Au+, which is predicted to have zero covalent bonding character and no enhanced stability, features a local maximum, too. The predicted size and structure of complete solvation shells surrounding ions with essentially nondirectional bonding depends primarily on the ratio σ* of the ion-ligand versus the ligand-ligand distance. For Au+ solvated in helium and neon, the ratio σ* is slightly below 1, favoring icosahedral packing in agreement with a maximum observed in the corresponding abundance distributions at n = 12. HenAu+ appears to adopt two additional solvation shells of Ih symmetry, containing 20 and 12 atoms, respectively. For ArnAu+, with σ* ≈ 0.67, one would expect a solvation shell of octahedral symmetry, in agreement with an enhanced ion abundance at n = 6. Another anomaly in the ion abundance at Ar9Au+ matches a local maximum in its computed dissociation energy.
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- Paul Martini
- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck , Technikerstr. 25 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck , Technikerstr. 25 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck , Technikerstr. 25 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck , Technikerstr. 25 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
- Department of Physics , University of Sargodha , 40100 Sargodha , Pakistan
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck , Technikerstr. 25 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
- Department of Physics , Stockholm University , 106 91 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck , Technikerstr. 25 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
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- Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Universität Innsbruck , Technikerstr. 25 , A-6020 Innsbruck , Austria
- Department of Physics , University of New Hampshire , Durham , New Hampshire NH 03824 , United States
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Saha R, Jana G, Pan S, Merino G, Chattaraj PK. How Far Can One Push the Noble Gases Towards Bonding?: A Personal Account. Molecules 2019; 24:E2933. [PMID: 31412650 PMCID: PMC6719121 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24162933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Noble gases (Ngs) are the least reactive elements in the periodic table towards chemical bond formation when compared with other elements because of their completely filled valence electronic configuration. Very often, extreme conditions like low temperatures, high pressures and very reactive reagents are required for them to form meaningful chemical bonds with other elements. In this personal account, we summarize our works to date on Ng complexes where we attempted to theoretically predict viable Ng complexes having strong bonding to synthesize them under close to ambient conditions. Our works cover three different types of Ng complexes, viz., non-insertion of NgXY type, insertion of XNgY type and Ng encapsulated cage complexes where X and Y can represent any atom or group of atoms. While the first category of Ng complexes can be thermochemically stable at a certain temperature depending on the strength of the Ng-X bond, the latter two categories are kinetically stable, and therefore, their viability and the corresponding conditions depend on the size of the activation barrier associated with the release of Ng atom(s). Our major focus was devoted to understand the bonding situation in these complexes by employing the available state-of-the-art theoretic tools like natural bond orbital, electron density, and energy decomposition analyses in combination with the natural orbital for chemical valence theory. Intriguingly, these three types of complexes represent three different types of bonding scenarios. In NgXY, the strength of the donor-acceptor Ng→XY interaction depends on the polarizing power of binding the X center to draw the rather rigid electron density of Ng towards itself, and sometimes involvement of such orbitals becomes large enough, particularly for heavier Ng elements, to consider them as covalent bonds. On the other hand, in most of the XNgY cases, Ng forms an electron-shared covalent bond with X while interacting electrostatically with Y representing itself as [XNg]+Y-. Nevertheless, in some of the rare cases like NCNgNSi, both the C-Ng and Ng-N bonds can be represented as electron-shared covalent bonds. On the other hand, a cage host is an excellent moiety to examine the limits that can be pushed to attain bonding between two Ng atoms (even for He) at high pressure. The confinement effect by a small cage-like B12N12 can even induce some covalent interaction within two He atoms in the He2@B12N12 complex.
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- Ranajit Saha
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Theoretical Studies Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Theoretical Studies Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China.
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, Unidad Mérida. Km 6 Antigua Carretera a Progreso. Apdo. Postal 73, Cordemex, Mérida 97310, Yuc., Mexico.
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Theoretical Studies Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India.
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India.
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Bezrukov DS, Kleshchina NN, Kalinina IS, Buchachenko AA. Ab initio interaction potentials of the Ba, Ba + complexes with Ar, Kr, and Xe in the lowest excited states. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:064314. [PMID: 30769967 DOI: 10.1063/1.5071457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The complexes of the Ba atom and Ba+ cation with the rare gas atoms Ar, Kr, and Xe in the states associated with the 6s → 5d, 6p excitations are investigated by means of the multireference configuration interaction techniques. Scalar relativistic potentials are obtained by the complete basis limit extrapolation through the sequence of aug-cc-pwCVnZ basis sets with the cardinal numbers n = Q, T, 5, combined with the suitable effective core potentials and benchmarked against the coupled cluster with singles, doubles, and non-iterative triples calculations and the literature data available for selected electronic states. Spin-orbit coupling is taken into account by means of the state-interacting multireference configuration interaction calculations performed for the Breit-Pauli spin-orbit Hamiltonian. The results show weak spin-orbit coupling between the states belonging to distinct atomic multiplets. General trends in the interaction strength and long-range anisotropy along the rare gas series are discussed. Vibronic spectra of the Ba and Ba+ complexes in the vicinity of the 1S → 1P° and 2S → 2P° atomic transitions and diffusion cross sections of the Ba(1S0, 3DJ) atom in high-temperature rare gases are calculated. Comparison with available experimental data shows that multireference calculations tend to underestimate the interaction strength for excited complexes.
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- Dmitry S Bezrukov
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo Innovation Center, Building 3, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo Innovation Center, Building 3, Moscow 121205, Russia
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- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo Innovation Center, Building 3, Moscow 121205, Russia
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Pan S, Jana G, Merino G, Chattaraj PK. Noble-Noble Strong Union: Gold at Its Best to Make a Bond with a Noble Gas Atom. ChemistryOpen 2019; 8:173-187. [PMID: 30740292 PMCID: PMC6356865 DOI: 10.1002/open.201800257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 12/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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This Review presents the current status of the noble gas (Ng)‐noble metal chemistry, which began in 1977 with the detection of AuNe+ through mass spectroscopy and then grew from 2000 onwards; currently, the field is in a somewhat matured state. On one side, modern quantum chemistry is very effective in providing important insights into the structure, stability, and barrier for the decomposition of Ng compounds and, as a result, a plethora of viable Ng compounds have been predicted. On the other hand. experimental achievement also goes beyond microscopic detection and characterization through spectroscopic techniques and crystal structures at ambient temperature; for example, (AuXe4)2+(Sb2F11−)2 have also been obtained. The bonding between two noble elements of the periodic table can even reach the covalent limit. The relativistic effect makes gold a very special candidate to form a strong bond with Ng in comparison to copper and silver. Insertion compounds, which are metastable in nature, depending on their kinetic stability, display an even more fascinating bonding situation. The degree of covalency in Ng–M (M=noble metal) bonds of insertion compounds is far larger than that in non‐insertion compounds. In fact, in MNgCN (M=Cu, Ag, Au) molecules, the M−Ng and Ng−C bonds might be represented as classical 2c–2e σ bonds. Therefore, noble metals, particularly gold, provide the opportunity for experimental chemists to obtain sufficiently stable complexes with Ng at room temperature in order to characterize them by using experimental techniques and, with the intriguing bonding situation, to explore them with various computational tools from a theoretical perspective. This field is relatively young and, in the coming years, a lot of advancement is expected experimentally as well as theoretically.
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- Sudip Pan
- Institute of Advanced Synthesis School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials Nanjing Tech University Nanjing 211816 China
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Theoretical Studies Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur 721302 India
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Unidad Mérida. Km 6 Antigua Carretera a Progreso. Apdo. Postal 73 Cordemex 97310 Mérida, Yuc. México
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Theoretical Studies Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur 721302 India.,Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Mumbai 400076 India
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Abdessalem K, Mejrissi L, Habli H, Issaoui N, Ghalla H, Oujia B. Spectroscopic and electric dipole properties of the Van der Waals interaction between barium and krypton atoms. Mol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2018.1504130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Kawther Abdessalem
- Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisie
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- Faculty of Science, Physics Department, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisie
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- Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisie
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- Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisie
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- Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Faculté des Sciences de Monastir, Monastir, Tunisie
- Faculty of Science, Physics Department, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Tuttle WD, Harris JP, Zheng Y, Breckenridge WH, Wright TG. Hybridization and Covalency in the Group 2 and Group 12 Metal Cation/Rare Gas Complexes. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:7679-7703. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b07139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- William D. Tuttle
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 East Room 2020, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K
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Xinying L. Stabilities and interactions of CuRnX and XCuRn (X = F – I): ab initio calculations. Mol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2017.1350293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Li Xinying
- School of Physics and Electronics, Institute for Computational Materials Science, Henan University, Kaifeng, People's Republic of China
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Theoretical investigation on the covalence in AgRnX and XAgRn (X = F - I). J Mol Model 2017; 23:350. [PMID: 29164344 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-017-3524-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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CCSD(T) calculations were performed to investigate the stabilities and interaction mechanisms of the AgRnX and XAgRn (X = F - I) series. Dissociation energies and frontier orbital properties demonstrate an increased trend of stabilities. Ag spd hybrids and Rn/X sp hybrids come into the σAg-Rn and σAg-X bonding orbital. The nature of Ag-Rn, Ag-X and Rn-X interactions were investigated by atoms in molecules (AIM) theory. The negative energy density and positive Laplacian values, as well as small electron densities at bond critical points (BCPs), characterize the moderate strength with partial covalence of interactions. BCP properties (-G/V and G/ρ), electron density deformations and natural resonance theory (NRT) results display increased covalence down the periodic table.
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Pototschnig JV, Lackner F, Hauser AW, Ernst WE. Rydberg states of alkali atoms on superfluid helium nanodroplets: inside or outside? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:14718-14728. [PMID: 28540939 PMCID: PMC5708348 DOI: 10.1039/c7cp02332d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Electronic excitations of an electron bound to an alkali metal ion inside a droplet of superfluid 4He are computed via a combination of helium density functional theory and the numerical integration of the Schrödinger equation for a single electron in a modified, He density dependent atomic pseudopotential. The application of a spectral method to the radial part of the valence electron wavefunction allows the computation of highly excited Rydberg states. For low principal quantum numbers, the energy required to push the electron outward is larger than the solvation energy of the ion. However, for higher principal quantum numbers the situation is reversed, which suggests the stability of a system where the ion sits inside the droplet while the valence electron orbits the nanodroplet.
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- Johann V. Pototschnig
- Institute of Experimental Physics , Graz University of Technology , Petersgasse 16 , A-8010 Graz , Austria . ;
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- Institute of Experimental Physics , Graz University of Technology , Petersgasse 16 , A-8010 Graz , Austria . ;
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- Institute of Experimental Physics , Graz University of Technology , Petersgasse 16 , A-8010 Graz , Austria . ;
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- Institute of Experimental Physics , Graz University of Technology , Petersgasse 16 , A-8010 Graz , Austria . ;
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Gonzalez MI, Mason JA, Bloch ED, Teat SJ, Gagnon KJ, Morrison GY, Queen WL, Long JR. Structural characterization of framework-gas interactions in the metal-organic framework Co 2(dobdc) by in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Chem Sci 2017; 8:4387-4398. [PMID: 28966783 PMCID: PMC5580307 DOI: 10.1039/c7sc00449d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The crystallographic characterization of framework-guest interactions in metal-organic frameworks allows the location of guest binding sites and provides meaningful information on the nature of these interactions, enabling the correlation of structure with adsorption behavior. Here, techniques developed for in situ single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments on porous crystals have enabled the direct observation of CO, CH4, N2, O2, Ar, and P4 adsorption in Co2(dobdc) (dobdc4- = 2,5-dioxido-1,4-benzenedicarboxylate), a metal-organic framework bearing coordinatively unsaturated cobalt(ii) sites. All these molecules exhibit such weak interactions with the high-spin cobalt(ii) sites in the framework that no analogous molecular structures exist, demonstrating the utility of metal-organic frameworks as crystalline matrices for the isolation and structural determination of unstable species. Notably, the Co-CH4 and Co-Ar interactions observed in Co2(dobdc) represent, to the best of our knowledge, the first single-crystal structure determination of a metal-CH4 interaction and the first crystallographically characterized metal-Ar interaction. Analysis of low-pressure gas adsorption isotherms confirms that these gases exhibit mainly physisorptive interactions with the cobalt(ii) sites in Co2(dobdc), with differential enthalpies of adsorption as weak as -17(1) kJ mol-1 (for Ar). Moreover, the structures of Co2(dobdc)·3.8N2, Co2(dobdc)·5.9O2, and Co2(dobdc)·2.0Ar reveal the location of secondary (N2, O2, and Ar) and tertiary (O2) binding sites in Co2(dobdc), while high-pressure CO2, CO, CH4, N2, and Ar adsorption isotherms show that these binding sites become more relevant at elevated pressures.
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- Miguel I Gonzalez
- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720-1462 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720-1462 , USA .
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720-1462 , USA .
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- Advanced Light Source , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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- Advanced Light Source , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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- Advanced Light Source , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
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- The Molecular Foundry , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 , USA
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , CH 1051 Sion , Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720-1462 , USA .
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , University of California , Berkeley , California 94720-1462 , USA
- Materials Sciences Division , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley , California 94720 94720 , USA
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- Xinying Li
- Institute for Computational Materials Science, School of Physics and Electronics; Henan University; Kaifeng 475004 People's Republic of China
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Liu MM, Wu MS, Han HL, Shi TY. Hyperspherical coupled channel calculations of energy and structure of (4)He-(4)He-Li(+) and its isotopic combinations. J Chem Phys 2017; 145:034304. [PMID: 27448884 DOI: 10.1063/1.4955445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The ground state vibrational energy and spatial features of (4)He-(4)He-Li(+) and its triatomic isotopic complexes are studied using the slow variable discretization (SVD) method in the hyperspherical coordinates for the zero total angular momentum. Our results show that the dominant structure of the system is an isosceles triangle with the shorter side associated with the two Li(+)-He distances using the sum-of-potential approximation. Corrections caused by the induced dipole-induced dipole interactions on the He atoms are also investigated. The effects are seen to be small and have a minor influence on the binding energy and the structure of present system. The results are also compared with the full ab initio calculations including all the three-body interactions and information of three-body corrections is obtained.
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- Min-Min Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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Tuttle WD, Thorington RL, Viehland LA, Wright TG. Theoretical study of Si+(2PJ)–RG complexes and transport of Si+(2PJ) in RG (RG = He–Ar). Mol Phys 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2016.1269965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Prudente FV, Marques JMC, Pereira FB. Solvation of Li+ by argon: how important are three-body forces? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:25707-25716. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp04549b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A global geometry search on a new potential energy surface for Li+Arn clusters revealed that three-body interactions must be included to reproduce ab initio structures and accurate energetic features.
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- Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Coimbra Quinta da Nora
- 3030-199 Coimbra
- Portugal
- Centro de Informática e Sistemas da Universidade de Coimbra (CISUC)
- 3030-290 Coimbra
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Andrejeva A, Breckenridge WH, Wright TG. A Surprisingly Simple Electrostatic Model Explains Bent Versus Linear Structures in M(+)-RG2 Species (M = Group 1 Metal, Li-Fr; RG = Rare Gas, He-Rn). J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:10959-70. [PMID: 26467285 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b08045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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It is found that a simple electrostatic model involving competition between the attractive dispersive interaction and induced-dipole repulsion between the two RG atoms performs extremely well in rationalizing the M(+)-RG2 geometries, where M = group 1 metal and RG = rare gas. The Li(+)-RG2 and Na(+)-RG2 complexes have previously been found to exhibit quasilinear or linear minimum-energy geometries, with the Na(+)-RG2 complexes having an additional bent local minimum [A. Andrejeva, A. M. Gardner, J. B. Graneek, R. J. Plowright, W. H. Breckenridge, T. G. Wright, J. Phys. Chem. A, 2013, 117, 13578]. In the present work, the geometries for M = K-Fr are found to be bent. A simple electrostatic model explains these conclusions and is able to account almost quantitatively for the binding energy of the second RG atom, as well as the form of the angular potential, for all 36 titular species. Additionally, results of population analyses are presented together with orbital contour plots; combined with the success of the electrostatic model, the expectation that these complexes are all physically bound is confirmed.
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- Anna Andrejeva
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham , University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham , University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, U.K
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Shayeghi A, Schäfer R, Rayner DM, Johnston RL, Fielicke A. Charge-induced dipole vs. relativistically enhanced covalent interactions in Ar-tagged Au-Ag tetramers and pentamers. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:024310. [PMID: 26178108 DOI: 10.1063/1.4923255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Vibrational spectra of Au(n)Ag(m)(+)⋅Ar(k) (n + m = 4, 5; k = 1-4) clusters are determined by far-infrared resonant multiple photon dissociation spectroscopy in the range ν̃=100-250 cm(-1). The experimental spectra are assigned using density functional theory for geometries obtained by the Birmingham cluster genetic algorithm. Putative global minimum candidates of the Ar complexes are generated by adding Ar atoms to the Au(n)Ag(m)(+) low energy isomers and subsequent local optimization. Differential Ar binding energies indicate exceptionally strong Au-Ar bonds in Au-rich clusters, leading to fundamental changes to the IR spectra. The stronger Ar binding is attributed to a relativistically enhanced covalent character of the Au-Ar bond, while in Au-rich species charge-induced dipole interactions overcompensate the relativistic affinity to Au. Moreover, not only the absolute composition but also the topologies are essential in the description of Ar binding to a certain cluster.
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- A Shayeghi
- Eduard-Zintl-Institut, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 8, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institut, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 8, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Issa K, Issaoui N, Ghalla H, Yaghmour SJ, Mahros AM, Oujia B. Ab initiostudy of Ba+Arn(n= 1–4) clusters: spectroscopic constants and vibrational energy levels. Mol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1086836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Viehland LA, Yang CL. Improved techniques for the calculation ofab initioion-neutral interaction potentials: application to coinage metal ions interacting with rare gas atoms. Mol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2015.1074746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Shayeghi A, Johnston RL, Rayner DM, Schäfer R, Fielicke A. Zum Charakter der chemischen Bindung von Argonatomen mit gemischten Gold/Silber-Trimeren. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201503845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Shayeghi A, Johnston RL, Rayner DM, Schäfer R, Fielicke A. The Nature of Bonding between Argon and Mixed Gold-Silver Trimers. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [PMID: 26206667 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201503845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The controversial nature of chemical bonding between noble gases and noble metals is addressed. Experimental evidence of exceptionally strong Au-Ar bonds in Ar complexes of mixed Au-Ag trimers is presented. IR spectra reveal an enormous influence of the attached Ar atoms on vibrational modes, particularly in Au-rich trimers, where Ar atoms are heavily involved owing to a relativistically enhanced covalency. In Ag-rich trimers, vibrational transitions of the metal framework predominate, indicating a pure electrostatic character of the Ag-Ar bonds. The experimental findings are analyzed by means of DFT calculations, which show how the relativistic differences between Au and Ag are manifested in stronger Au-Ar binding energies. Because of the ability to vary composition and charge distribution, the trimers serve as ideal model systems to study the chemical nature of the bonding of noble gases to closed-shell systems containing gold.
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- Armin Shayeghi
- Eduard-Zintl-Institut, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 8, 64287 Darmstadt (Germany).
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT (UK)
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- National Research Council of Canada, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6 (Canada)
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institut, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Strasse 8, 64287 Darmstadt (Germany)
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin (Germany).
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Harris JP, Dodson H, Breckenridge WH, Wright TG. HM⁺-RG complexes (M = group 2 metal; RG = rare gas): Physical vs. chemical interactions. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:154302. [PMID: 25903885 DOI: 10.1063/1.4918348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Previous work on the HM(+)-He complexes (M = Be-Ra) has been extended to the cases of the heavier rare gas atoms, HM(+)-RG (RG = Ne-Rn). Optimized geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies have been calculated using MP2 theory and quadruple-ζ quality basis sets. Dissociation energies for the loss of the rare gas atom have been calculated at these optimized geometries using coupled cluster with single and double excitations and perturbative triples, CCSD(T)theory, extrapolating interaction energies to the basis set limit. Comparisons are made between the present data and the previously obtained helium results, as well as to those of the bare HM(+) molecules; furthermore, comparisons are made to the related M(+)-RG and M(2+)-RG complexes. Partial atomic charge analyses have also been undertaken, and these used to test a simple charge-induced dipole model. Molecular orbital diagrams are presented together with contour plots of the natural orbitals from the quadratic configuration with single and double excitations (QCISD) density. The conclusion is that the majority of these complexes are physically bound, with very little sharing of electron density; however, for M = Be, and to a lesser extent M = Mg, some evidence for chemical effects is seen in HM(+)-RG complexes involving RG atoms with the higher atomic numbers.
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- Joe P Harris
- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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- School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Andrejeva A, Gardner AM, Graneek JB, Breckenridge WH, Wright TG. Theoretical Study of M+–RG2: (M+ = Ca, Sr, Ba, and Ra; RG = He–Rn). J Phys Chem A 2015; 119:5995-6005. [DOI: 10.1021/jp511817g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Anna Andrejeva
- School
of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K
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Issaoui N, Abdessalem K, Ghalla H, Yaghmour SJ, Calvo F, Oujia B. Theoretical investigation of the relative stability of Na+Hen (n = 2–24) clusters: Many-body versus delocalization effects. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:174316. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4900873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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