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Mason JL, Huizenga CD, Ray M, Kafader JO, Jarrold CC. Electronic Structure of Heteronuclear Cerium-Platinum Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:6749-6763. [PMID: 37531463 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2023]
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Beyond the now well-known strong catalyst-support interactions reported for ceria-supported platinum catalysts, intermetallic Ce-Pt compounds exhibit fascinating properties such as heavy fermion behavior and magnetic instability. Small heterometallic Ce-Pt clusters, which can provide insights into the local features that govern bulk phenomena, have been less explored. Herein, the anion photoelectron spectra of three small mixed Ce-Pt clusters, Ce2OPt-, Ce2Pt-, and Ce3Pt-, are presented and interpreted with supporting density functional theory calculations. The calculations, which are readily reconciled with the experimental spectra, suggest the presence of numerous close-lying spin states, including states in which the Ce 4f electrons are ferromagnetically coupled or antiferromagnetically coupled. The Pt center is consistently in a nominal -2 charge state in all cluster neutrals and anions, giving the Ce-Pt bond ionic character. Ce-Pt bonds are stronger than Ce-Ce bonds, and the O atom in Ce2OPt- coordinates only with the Ce centers. The energy of the singly occupied Ce-local 4f orbitals relative to the Pt-local orbitals changes with cluster composition. Discussion of the results includes potential implications for Ce-rich intermetallic materials.
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- Jarrett L Mason
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Mason JL, Harb H, Abou Taka A, Huizenga CD, Corzo HH, Hratchian HP, Jarrold CC. New Photoelectron-Valence Electron Interactions Evident in the Photoelectron Spectrum of Gd 2O . J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:9892-9903. [PMID: 34730978 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c07818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Evidence of strong photoelectron-valence electron (PEVE) interactions has been observed in the anion photoelectron (PE) spectra of several lanthanide suboxide clusters, which are exceptionally complex from an electronic structure standpoint and are strongly correlated systems. The PE spectrum of Gd2O-, which should have relatively simple electronic structure because of its half-filled 4f subshell, exhibits numerous electronic transitions. The electron affinity determined from the spectrum is 0.26 eV. The intensities of transitions to excited states increase relative to the lower-energy states with lower photon energy, which is consistent with shakeup transitions driven by time-dependent electron-neutral interactions. A group of intense spectral features that lie between electron binding energies of 0.7 and 2.3 eV are assigned to transitions involving detachment of an electron from outer-valence σu and σg orbitals that have large Gd 6s contributions. The spectra show parallel transition manifolds in general, which is consistent with detachment from these orbitals. However, several distinct perpendicular transitions are observed adjacent to several of the vertical transitions. A possible explanation invoking interaction between the ejected electron and the high-spin neutral is proposed. Specifically, the angular momentum of electrons ejected from σu or σg orbitals, which is l = 1, can switch to l = 0, 2 with an associated change in the Ms of the remnant neutral, which is spin-orbit coupling between a free electron and the spin of a neutral.
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- Jarrett L Mason
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Huizenga C, Hratchian HP, Jarrold CC. Lanthanide Oxides: From Diatomics to High-Spin, Strongly Correlated Homo- and Heterometallic Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:6315-6331. [PMID: 34265204 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c04253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Small lanthanide (Ln) oxide clusters present both experimental and theoretical challenges because of their partially filled, core-like 4f n orbitals, a feature that results in a plethora of close-lying and fundamentally similar electronic states. These clusters provide a bottom-up approach toward understanding the electronic structure of defective or doped bulk material but also can offer a challenge to the theorists to find a method robust enough to capture electronic structure patterns that emerge from within the 4f n (0 < n < 14) series. In this Feature Article, we explore the electronic structures of small lanthanide oxide clusters that deviate from bulk stoichiometry using anion photoelectron spectroscopy and supporting density functional theory calculations. We will describe the evolution of electronic structure with oxidation and how LnxOy- cluster reactivities can be correlated with specific Ln-local orbital occupancies. These strongly correlated systems offer additional insights into how interactions between electrons and electronically complex neutrals can lead to detachment transitions that lie outside of the sudden one-electron detachment approximation generally assumed in anion photoelectron spectroscopy. With a better understanding of how we can control nominally forbidden transitions to sample an array of spin states, we suggest that more in-depth studies on the magnetic states of these systems can be explored. Extending these studies to other Ln-based materials with hidden magnetic phases, along with sequentially ligated single molecule magnets, could advance current understanding of these systems.
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- Caleb Huizenga
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Mason JL, Folluo CN, Jarrold CC. More than little fragments of matter: Electronic and molecular structures of clusters. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:200901. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0054222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Jarrett L. Mason
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Abou Taka A, Babin MC, Sheng X, DeVine JA, Neumark DM, Hratchian HP. Unveiling the coexistence of cis- and trans-isomers in the hydrolysis of ZrO2: A coupled DFT and high-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy study. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:244308. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0037636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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- Ali Abou Taka
- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Center for Chemical Computation and Theory, University of California, Merced, California 95343, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Center for Chemical Computation and Theory, University of California, Merced, California 95343, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Center for Chemical Computation and Theory, University of California, Merced, California 95343, USA
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McMahon AJ, Jarrold CC. Using anion photoelectron spectroscopy of cluster models to gain insights into mechanisms of catalyst-mediated H 2 production from water. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:27936-27948. [PMID: 33201956 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05055e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Metal oxide cluster models of catalyst materials offer a powerful platform for probing the molecular-scale features and interactions that govern catalysis. This perspective gives an overview of studies implementing the combination of anion photoelectron (PE) spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations toward exploring cluster models of metal oxides and metal-oxide supported Pt that catalytically drive the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) or the water-gas shift reaction. The utility in the combination of these experimental and computational techniques lies in our ability to unambiguously determine electronic and molecular structures, which can then connect to results of reactivity studies. In particular, we focus on the activity of oxygen vacancies modeled by suboxide clusters, the critical mechanistic step of forming proximal metal hydride and hydroxide groups as a prerequisite for H2 production, and the structural features that lead to trapped dihydroxide groups. The pronounced asymmetric oxidation found in heterometallic group 6 oxides and near-neighbor group 5/group 6 results in higher activity toward water, while group 7/group 6 oxides form very specific stoichiometries that suggest facile regeneration. Studies on the trans-periodic combination of cerium oxide and platinum as a model for ceria supported Pt atoms and nanoparticles reveal striking negative charge accumulation by Pt, which, combined with the ionic conductivity of ceria, suggests a mechanism for the exceptionally high activity of this system towards the water-gas shift reaction.
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- Abbey J McMahon
- Indiana University, Department of Chemistry, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
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Mason JL, Gupta AK, McMahon AJ, Folluo CN, Raghavachari K, Jarrold CC. The striking influence of oxophilicity differences in heterometallic Mo–Mn oxide cluster reactions with water. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:054301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5142398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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- Jarrett L. Mason
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Mason JL, Harb H, Topolski JE, Hratchian HP, Jarrold CC. Exceptionally Complex Electronic Structures of Lanthanide Oxides and Small Molecules. Acc Chem Res 2019; 52:3265-3273. [PMID: 31702894 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lanthanide (Ln) oxide clusters and molecular systems provide a bottom-up look at the electronic structures of the bulk materials because of close parallels in the patterns of Ln 4fN subshell occupancy between the molecular and bulk Ln2O3 size limits. At the same time, these clusters and molecules offer a challenge to the theory community to find appropriate and robust treatments for the 4fN patterns across the Ln series. Anion photoelectron (PE) spectroscopy provides a powerful experimental tool for studying these systems, mapping the energies of the ground and low-lying excited states of the neutral relative to the initial anion state, providing spectroscopic patterns that reflect the Ln 4fN occupancy. In this Account, we review our anion PE spectroscopic and computational studies on a range of small lanthanide molecules and cluster species. The PE spectra of LnO- (Ln = Ce, Pr, Sm, Eu) diatomic molecules show spectroscopic signatures associated with detachment of an electron from what can be described as a diffuse Ln 6s-like orbital. While the spectra of all four diatomics share this common transition, the fine structure in the transition becomes more complex with increasing 4f occupancy. This effect reflects increased coupling between the electrons occupying the corelike 4f and diffuse 6s orbitals with increasing N. Understanding the PE spectra of these diatomics sets the stage for interpreting the spectra of polyatomic molecular and cluster species. In general, the results confirm that the partial 4fN subshell occupancy is largely preserved between molecular and bulk oxides and borides. However, they also suggest that surfaces and edges of bulk materials may support a low-energy, diffuse Ln 6s band, in contrast to bulk interiors, in which the 6s band is destabilized relative to the 5d band. We also identify cases in which the molecular Ln centers have 4fN+1 occupancy rather than bulklike 4fN, which results in weaker Ln-O bonding. Specifically, Sm centers in mixed Ce-Sm oxides or in SmxOy- (y ≤ x) clusters have this higher 4fN+1 occupancy. The PE spectra of these particular species exhibit a striking increase in the relative intensities of excited-state transitions with decreasing photon energy (resulting in lower photoelectron kinetic energy). This is opposite of what is expected on the basis of the threshold laws that govern photodetachment. We relate this phenomenon to strong electron-neutral interactions unique to these complex electronic structures. The time scale of the interaction, which shakes up the electronic configuration of the neutral, increases with decreasing electron momentum. From a computational standpoint, we point out that special care must be taken when considering Ln cluster and molecular systems toward the center of the Ln series (e.g., Sm, Eu), where treatment of electrons explicitly or using an effective core potential can yield conflicting results on competing subshell occupancies. However, despite the complex electronic structures associated with partially filled 4fN subshells, we demonstrate that inexpensive and tractable calculations yield useful qualitative insight into the general electronic structural features.
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- Jarrett L. Mason
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Center for Chemical Computation and Theory, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Center for Chemical Computation and Theory, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Gupta AK, Topolski JE, Nickson KA, Jarrold CC, Raghavachari K. Mo Insertion into the H2 Bond in MoxSy– + H2 Reactions. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:7261-7269. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04079] [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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- Ankur K. Gupta
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Harb H, Thompson LM, Hratchian HP. On the linear geometry of lanthanide hydroxide (Ln-OH, Ln = La–Lu). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:21890-21897. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp01560d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Density functional theory predicts that lanthanide hydroxides are linear, with the lanthanide-hydroxide bond being characterized as a covalent triple bond.
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- Hassan Harb
- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology and the Center for Chemical Computation and Theory
- University of California
- California 95343
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology and the Center for Chemical Computation and Theory
- University of California
- California 95343
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology and the Center for Chemical Computation and Theory
- University of California
- California 95343
- USA
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The increasing supply of natural gas has created a strong demand for developing efficient catalytic processes to upgrade methane, the most stable alkane molecule, into value-added chemicals. Currently, methane conversion in laboratory and industry is mostly performed under high-temperature conditions. A lot of effort has been devoted to exploring chemical entities that are able to activate the C-H bond of methane at lower temperatures, preferably room temperature. Gas phase atomic clusters with limited numbers of atoms are ideal models of active sites on heterogeneous catalysts. The cluster systems are being actively studied to activate methane under room-temperature conditions. State-of-the-art mass spectrometry, photoelectron imaging spectroscopy, and quantum chemistry calculations have been combined in our laboratory to reveal the molecular-level mechanisms of methane activation by atomic clusters. In this Account, we summarize our recent progress on thermal methane activation by metal oxide clusters doped with noble-metal atoms (Au, Pt, and Rh) as well as by oxygen-free species including carbides and borides of base metals (V, Ta, Mo, and Fe). In contrast to the generations of CH3• free radicals in many of the previously reported cluster reactions with methane, the generations of stable products such as formaldehyde, acetylene, and syngas as well as closed-shell species AuCH3 and B3CH3 have been identified for the cluster reaction systems herein. Besides the well recognized mechanisms of methane activation by the O-• radicals through hydrogen atom abstraction and by metal atoms through oxidative addition, the new mechanisms of synergistic methane activation by Lewis acid-base pairs (such as Auδ+-Oδ- and Bδ+-Bδ-) and by dinuclear metal centers (such as Ta-Ta) have been recently revealed. In the reactions between methane and oxide clusters doped with noble-metal atoms, the oxide cluster "supports" can accept the H atoms and the CH x species delivered through the noble-metal atoms and then transform methane into stable oxygenated compounds. The product selectivity (such as formaldehyde versus syngas) can be controlled by different noble-metal atoms (such as Pt versus Rh). The electronic structures of base metal centers can be engineered through carburization so that the low-spin states can be accessible to reduce the C-H bond of methane. Such active base metal centers in low-spin states resemble related noble-metal atoms in methane activation. The boron clusters (such as B3 in VB3+) can be polarized by the metal cations to form the Lewis acid-base pair Bδ+-Bδ- to cleave the C-H bond of methane very easily. These molecular-level mechanisms may well be operative in related heterogeneous catalysis and can be a fundamental basis to design efficient catalysts for activation and conversion of methane under mild conditions.
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- Yan-Xia Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research/Education Center of
Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research/Education Center of
Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research/Education Center of
Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research/Education Center of
Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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Topolski JE, Kafader JO, Marrero-Colon V, Iyengar SS, Hratchian HP, Jarrold CC. Exotic electronic structures of SmxCe3−xOy (x = 0-3; y = 2-4) clusters and the effect of high neutral density of low-lying states on photodetachment transition intensities. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:054305. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5043490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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- Josey E. Topolski
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, Merced, 5200 North Lake Road, Merced, California 95343, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Kafader JO, Topolski JE, Marrero-Colon V, Iyengar SS, Jarrold CC. The electron shuffle: Cerium influences samarium 4f orbital occupancy in heteronuclear Ce-Sm oxide clusters. J Chem Phys 2018; 146:194310. [PMID: 28527471 DOI: 10.1063/1.4983335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The anion photoelectron (PE) spectra along with supporting results of density functional theory (DFT) calculations on SmO-, SmCeOy-, and Sm2Oy- (y = 1, 2) are reported and compared to previous results on CeO- [M. Ray et al., J. Chem. Phys. 142, 064305 (2015)] and Ce2Oy- (y = 1, 2) [J. O. Kafader et al., J. Chem. Phys. 145, 154306 (2016)]. Similar to the results on CexOy- clusters, the PE spectra of SmO-, SmCeOy-, and Sm2Oy- (y = 1, 2) all exhibit electronic transitions to the neutral ground state at approximately 1 eV e-BE. The Sm centers in SmO and Sm2O2 neutrals can be described with the 4f56s superconfiguration, which is analogous to CeO and Ce2O2 neutrals in which the Ce centers can be described with the 4f 6s superconfiguration (ZCe = ZSm - 4). The Sm center in CeSmO2, in contrast, has a 4f6 occupancy, while the Ce center maintains the 4f 6s superconfiguration. The less oxidized Sm centers in both Sm2O and SmCeO have 4f6 6s occupancies. The 4f6 subshell occupancy results in relatively weak Sm-O bond strengths. If this extra 4f occupancy also occurs in bulk Sm-doped ceria, it may play a role in the enhanced O2- ionic conductivity in Sm-doped ceria. Based on the results of DFT calculations, the heteronuclear Ce-Sm oxides have molecular orbitals that are distinctly localized Sm 4f, Sm 6s, Ce 4f, and Ce 6s orbitals. The relative intensity of two electronic bands in the PE spectrum of Sm2O- exhibits an unusual photon energy-dependence, and the PE spectrum of Sm2O2- exhibits a photon energy-dependent continuum signal between two electronic transitions. Several explanations, including the high magnetic moment of these suboxide species and the presence of low-lying quasi-bound anion states, are considered.
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- Jared O Kafader
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Schaugaard RN, Topolski JE, Ray M, Raghavachari K, Jarrold CC. Insight into ethylene interactions with molybdenum suboxide cluster anions from photoelectron spectra of chemifragments. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:054308. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5008264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Richard N. Schaugaard
- Indiana University Department of Chemistry, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Indiana University Department of Chemistry, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Indiana University Department of Chemistry, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Indiana University Department of Chemistry, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Indiana University Department of Chemistry, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Gutsev GL, Bozhenko KV, Gutsev LG, Utenyshev AN, Aldoshin SM. Transitions from Stable to Metastable States in the Cr2On and Cr2On– Series, n = 1–14. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:845-854. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b11036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- G. L. Gutsev
- Department of Physics, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 32307, United States
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- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka 142432, Moscow Region, Russia
- Department
of Physical and Colloid Chemistry, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Moscow 117198, Russia
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee 32306, United States
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- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka 142432, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka 142432, Moscow Region, Russia
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Kafader JO, Topolski JE, Jarrold CC. Molecular and electronic structures of cerium and cerium suboxide clusters. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:154306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4964817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Jared O. Kafader
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Ray M, Kafader JO, Topolski JE, Jarrold CC. Mixed cerium-platinum oxides: Electronic structure of [CeO]Ptn (n = 1, 2) and [CeO2]Pt complex anions and neutrals. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:044317. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4959279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Manisha Ray
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Zhao YX, Liu QY, Zhang MQ, He SG. Reactions of metal cluster anions with inorganic and organic molecules in the gas phase. Dalton Trans 2016; 45:11471-95. [DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01246a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
Progress on the activation and transformation of important inorganic and organic molecules by negatively charged bare metal clusters as well as ligated systems with oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen, among others.
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- Yan-Xia Zhao
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species
- Institute of Chemistry
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
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Kim JB, Weichman ML, Neumark DM. Slow photoelectron velocity-map imaging spectroscopy of the Fe3O– and Co3O– anions. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:174307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4900646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Jongjin B. Kim
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Weber JM. The interaction of negative charge with carbon dioxide – insight into solvation, speciation and reductive activation from cluster studies. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2014.969554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Felton JA, Ray M, Waller SE, Kafader JO, Jarrold CC. CexOy– (x = 2–3) + D2O Reactions: Stoichiometric Cluster Formation from Deuteroxide Decomposition and Anti-Arrhenius Behavior. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:9960-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp507900d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jeremy A. Felton
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East
Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East
Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East
Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East
Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East
Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Ray M, Waller SE, Saha A, Raghavachari K, Jarrold CC. Comparative study of water reactivity with Mo2Oy− and W2Oy− clusters: A combined experimental and theoretical investigation. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:104310. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4894760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Manisha Ray
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA
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Kim JB, Weichman ML, Neumark DM. Structural Isomers of Ti2O4 and Zr2O4 Anions Identified by Slow Photoelectron Velocity-Map Imaging Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:7159-68. [DOI: 10.1021/ja502713v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Jongjin B. Kim
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Kim JB, Weichman ML, Neumark DM. Vibronic structure of VO2 probed by slow photoelectron velocity-map imaging spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2014; 140:034307. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4861667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Saha A, Raghavachari K. Hydrogen evolution from water through metal sulfide reactions. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:204301. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4830096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Waller SE, Ray M, Yoder BL, Jarrold CC. Simple Relationship between Oxidation State and Electron Affinity in Gas-Phase Metal–Oxo Complexes. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:13919-25. [DOI: 10.1021/jp4097666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah E. Waller
- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Laboratory
for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Waller SE, Mann JE, Jarrold CC. Asymmetric Partitioning of Metals among Cluster Anions and Cations Generated via Laser Ablation of Mixed Aluminum/Group 6 Transition Metal Targets. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:1765-72. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3119692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah E. Waller
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Kim JB, Weichman ML, Neumark DM. High-resolution anion photoelectron spectra of TiO2−, ZrO2−, and HfO2− obtained by slow electron velocity-map imaging. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:20973-81. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cp54084g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Waller SE, Mann JE, Rothgeb DW, Jarrold CC. Study of MoNbOy (y = 2–5) Anion and Neutral Clusters Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Calculations: Impact of Spin Contamination on Single Point Calculations. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:9639-52. [DOI: 10.1021/jp306790z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah E. Waller
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington,
Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington,
Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington,
Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington,
Indiana 47405, United States
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Waller SE, Mann JE, Hossain E, Troyer M, Jarrold CC. Electronic structures of AlMoOy− (y = 1–4) determined by photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:024302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4731345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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