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Mandal A, Goswami T, Chowdhury S. A Computational Exploration of Exohedrally Transition Metal Doped Si 94- Superatom Based Magnetic MSi 9M' Clusters (M, M' = Sc(II) to Cu(II)). J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:9885-9894. [PMID: 37975225 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c03883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
Abstract
Nanosized clusters are drawing immense attention of the scientific community due to their size and composition dependent tunability of physical and chemical properties. Silicon nanoclusters are especially important because of their abundance and ample utility in the domains of electronics and semiconductor industry. Zintl phases of Si offer an excellent opportunity in the domain of nanocluster research owing to their superior stability and multifarious possibilities of tunability of electronic properties through doping with other elements. Doping silicon clusters with transition elements is a prevalent strategy to induce magnetic properties in such clusters. Although doping silicon clusters with single transition metal atoms can induce significant magnetism in nanoclusters, the dominant covalent interaction between silicon and the transition metal causes the magnetic moment to quench. The rational strategy of inducing a sustainable magnetic moment can be to introduce ferromagnetic interaction between two sites carrying nonvanishing magnetic moments. In the present work, such a possibility is explored in terms of the stability of the clusters and corresponding magnetic exchange coupling in them. The Si94-superatomic cluster is doped with two transition metal atoms exohedrally and the neutral clusters designed thereby are investigated computationally if they reduce or reinforce the high stability of the superatom and substantiate the possibility of obtaining nanosized magnetic units as building blocks of tunable materials for various applications.
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- Abhijit Mandal
- Department of Chemistry, University of Gour Banga, Mokdumpur, Malda, West Bengal 732103, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Raiganj University, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal 733134, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Gour Banga, Mokdumpur, Malda, West Bengal 732103, India
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Jian T, Lopez GV, Wang LS. Photoelectron Spectroscopy of BiAu– and BiBO–: Further Evidence of the Analogy between Au and Boronyl. J Phys Chem B 2015; 120:1635-40. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b08327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Tian Jian
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Reber AC, Khanna SN. Electronic structure, stability, and oxidation of boron-magnesium clusters and cluster solids. J Chem Phys 2015; 142:054304. [PMID: 25662642 DOI: 10.1063/1.4907273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Arthur C. Reber
- Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284, USA
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- Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284, USA
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Heiles S, Johnston RL, Schäfer R. Bismuth-Doped Tin Clusters: Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Neutral Zintl Analogues. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:7756-64. [DOI: 10.1021/jp304321u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Sven Heiles
- Eduard-Zintl-Institut
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Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstrasse 20, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institut
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Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Petersenstrasse 20, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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Heiles S, Hofmann K, Johnston RL, Schäfer R. Nine-Atom Tin-Bismuth Clusters: Mimicking Excess Electrons by Element Substitution. Chempluschem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201200085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Grubisic A, Wang H, Li X, Ko YJ, Kocak FS, Pederson MR, Bowen KH, Eichhorn BW. Photoelectron spectroscopic and computational studies of the Pt@Pb₁₀⁻¹ and Pt@Pb₁₂¹⁻/²⁻ anions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:14757-62. [PMID: 21876183 PMCID: PMC3169158 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105052108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A combination of anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations has elucidated the geometric and electronic structure of gas-phase endohedral Pt/Pb cage cluster anions. The anions, Pt@Pb₁₀⁻¹ and Pt@Pb₁₂¹⁻ were prepared from "preassembled" clusters generated from crystalline samples of [K(2,2,2-crypt)]₂[Pt@Pb₁₂] that were brought into the gas phase using a unique infrared desorption/photoemission anion source. The use of crystalline [K(2,2,2-crypt)]₂[Pt@Pb₁₂] also provided access to K[Pt@Pb(n)](-) anions in the gas phase (i.e., the K⁺ salts of the Pt@Pb(n)²⁻ anions). Anion photoelectron spectra of Pt@Pb₁₀⁻¹, Pt@Pb₁₂¹⁻, and K[Pt@Pb₁₂]¹⁻ are presented. Extensive density functional theory calculations on Pt@Pb₁₀³⁻/²⁻/¹⁻/⁰ and Pt@Pb₁₂²⁻/¹⁻ provided candidate structures and anion photoelectron spectra for Pt@Pb₁₀⁻¹ and Pt@Pb₁₂¹⁻. Together, the calculated and measured photoelectron spectra show that Pt@Pb₁₀⁻¹ and Pt@Pb₁₂²⁻/¹⁻ endohedral complexes maintain their respective D(4d) and slightly distorted I(h) symmetries in the gas phase even for the charge states with open shell character. Aside from the fullerenes, the Pt@Pb₁₂²⁻ endohedral complex is the only bare cluster that has been structurally characterized in the solid state, solution, and the gas phase.
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- Andrej Grubisic
- Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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- Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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- Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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- Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; and
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- Center for Computational Materials Science, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375
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- Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; and
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Melko JJ, Werner U, Mitrić R, Bonačić-Koutecký V, Castleman AW. Electronic Structure Similarities in PbxSby– and SnxBiy– Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2011; 115:10276-80. [DOI: 10.1021/jp207474h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor-Strasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Interdisciplinary Center for Science and Technology, University of Split, Mestrovicevo Setaliste bb, 21000 Split, Croatia
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Gupta U, Reber AC, Melko JJ, Khanna SN, Castleman A. Stability and electronic properties of isoelectronic heteroatomic analogs of. Chem Phys Lett 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Clayborne PA, Gupta U, Reber AC, Melko JJ, Khanna SN, Castleman AW. The applicability of three-dimensional aromaticity in BiSnn− Zintl analogues. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:134302. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3488103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Reber AC, Khanna SN, Roach PJ, Woodward WH, Castleman AW. Reactivity of Aluminum Cluster Anions with Water: Origins of Reactivity and Mechanisms for H2 Release. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:6071-81. [DOI: 10.1021/jp911136s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Melko JJ, Clayborne PA, Jones CE, Reveles JU, Gupta U, Khanna SN, Castleman AW. Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study of AlnX (n = 1−6; X = As, Sb) Clusters: Evidence of Aromaticity and the Jellium Model. J Phys Chem A 2010; 114:2045-52. [DOI: 10.1021/jp908406h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Joshua J. Melko
- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, and Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, and Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, and Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, and Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, and Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, and Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284
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- Departments of Chemistry and Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, and Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284
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Eichhorn B, Kocak S. Dynamic Properties of the Group 14 Zintl Ions and Their Derivatives. ZINTL IONS 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/430_2010_23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Hull MW, Sevov SC. Functionalization of Nine-Atom Deltahedral Zintl Ions with Organic Substituents: Detailed Studies of the Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:9026-37. [DOI: 10.1021/ja9025962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Michael W. Hull
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556
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Helical and linear [K(As11)]2− chains: Role of solvent on the conformation of chains formed by Zintl anions. Chem Phys Lett 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2009.03.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Kocak FS, Zavalij PY, Lam YF, Eichhorn BW. Substituent-dependent exchange mechanisms in highly fluxional RSn93− anions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2009:4197-9. [DOI: 10.1039/b905239a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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