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Exploring the effect of complexant on remarkably high static and dynamic second hyperpolarizability of aziridine-based diffuse electron systems: a theoretical study. Struct Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-022-01989-x] [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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Barroso J, Pan S, Merino G. Structural transformations in boron clusters induced by metal doping. Chem Soc Rev 2022; 51:1098-1123. [PMID: 35029622 DOI: 10.1039/d1cs00747e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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In the last decades, experimental techniques in conjunction with theoretical analyses have revealed the surprising structural diversity of boron clusters. Although the 2D to 3D transition thresholds are well-established, there is no certainty about the factors that determine the geometry adopted by these systems. The structural transformation induced by doping usually yields a minimum energy structure with a boron skeleton entirely different from that of the bare cluster. This review summarizes those clusters no larger than 40 boron atoms where one or two dopants show a radical transformation of the structure. Although the structures of these systems are not easy to predict, they often adopt familiar shapes such as umbrella-like, wheel, tubular, and cages in various cases.
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- Jorge Barroso
- 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., Mexico.
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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., Mexico.
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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., Mexico.
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Anis I, Saleem Dar M, Rather GM, Dar MA. Exploring the structure and electronic properties of germanium doped boron clusters using density functional theory based global optimization method. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d2nj00227b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Density functional theory calculations to investigate the effect of single and double germanium atom doping on the geometric structure and electronic properties of boron clusters with 10 to 20 atoms.
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- Insha Anis
- Department of Chemistry, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir, 192122, India
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- Biochemical Sciences Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, 411008, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir, 192122, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir, 192122, India
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Feng LY, Wang K, Zhai HJ. Anchoring a bow-shaped boron single chain in binary Be 6B 7- cluster: hybrid octagonal ring, multifold π/σ aromaticity, and dual electronic transmutation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:25574-25583. [PMID: 33165466 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05012a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Elemental boron clusters do not form linear chain or monocyclic ring structures, which is in contrast to carbon. Based on computer global searches and quantum chemical calculations, we report on the viability of a curved boron single chain in binary Be6B7- cluster. The boron motif assumes a bow shape, being anchored on a Be6 prism. Such a motif, which appears to be highly strained in its free-standing form, is exotic in boron-based clusters and nanostructures. Chemically, the cluster is analogous to a "clam-and-pearl-chain" system at the nanoscale (about 1 nm in size), in which a Be6 clam moderately opens its mouth, except that a B7 pearl chain is too large to be encapsulated inside. The picture differs from a three-layered sandwich. This cluster features a hybrid Be2B7 monocyclic ring, which is octagonal in nature and supports double 10π/6σ aromaticity. The number of π bonds substantially surpasses that in bare boron clusters of similar sizes. Two Be3 rings in the prism are also σ aromatic, albeit with effective 1σ/1σ electron-counting only. The unique multifold 1σ/10π/6σ/1σ aromaticity governs the geometry of the Be6B7- cluster, which can also be rationalized using the concept of dual electronic transmutation.
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- Lin-Yan Feng
- Nanocluster Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China.
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Hamadi H, Shakerzadeh E, Esrafili MD. Fe-decorated all-boron B40 fullerene serving as a potential promising active catalyst for CO oxidation: A DFT mechanistic approach. Polyhedron 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.poly.2020.114699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Shakerzadeh E, Duong LV, Pham-Ho MP, Tahmasebi E, Nguyen MT. The teetotum cluster Li 2FeB 14 and its possible use for constructing boron nanowires. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:15013-15021. [PMID: 32597424 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02046j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Systematic density functional theory (DFT) calculations using the TPSSh functional and the def2-TZVP basis set were carried out to identify the global energy minimum structure of the Li2FeB14 cluster. Keeping the double ring tubular shape of FeB14, capping of two Li atoms leads to a teetotum form at a low spin state, in which the Fe atom is endohedrally covered by two B7 strings, and both Li atoms are attached to Fe along the C7 axis at both sides. Calculated results show that strong electrostatic interactions between 2Li+ and Fe2- arising from Li electron transfer upon doping particularly provide a key driving force for stabilizing this charge-transfer structure. The bonding pattern of the teetotum can be understood from the hollow cylinder model (HCM). TD-DFT calculations demonstrate that this cluster can also be regarded as a useful material for transparent optoelectronic devices. Furthermore, the Li2FeB14 superatom can be used as a building block for making boron-based nanowires with metallic character. Replacement of Li atoms by Mg atoms was also found to lead to nanowires.
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- Ehsan Shakerzadeh
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Institute for Computational Science and Technology (ICST), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Quy Nhon University, Quy Nhon City, Vietnam
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- Institute for Computational Science and Technology (ICST), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran
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- Computational Chemistry Research Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. and Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Jin S, Chen B, Kuang X, Lu C, Gutsev GL. Structural evolution and electronic properties of medium-sized boron clusters doped with scandium. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2019; 31:485302. [PMID: 31412328 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab3b2b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Doping of boron-based materials with transition metal atoms allows one to tune or modify the properties and structure of the materials. In this work, an extensive search for the global minima on potential energy surfaces of ScB n and ScB[Formula: see text] clusters has been performed using the CALYPSO method. The structural evolution of scandium doped boron clusters of this range is found to proceed in three steps; namely, the formation of half-sandwich type structures is followed by the formation of drum-like structures with the Sc atom located at the center and terminates with the cage-like structures. It is also found that highly symmetrical geometric structures are more common for the smaller size range of [Formula: see text]. The neutral ScB13 cluster is identified as magic on the basis of an analysis of relative stabilities in the ScB n series. Our analysis of chemical bonding has shown that the stability of this cluster is mainly due to the formation of several delocalized [Formula: see text]-bonding molecular orbitals composed of Sc 3d and B 2s atomic orbitals. These bonds appear to be responsible for the enhanced stability of ScB13 with respect to other Sc-doped boron clusters.
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- Siyu Jin
- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, People's Republic of China
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Tan Pham H, Nguyen MT. Formation of the M 2B 18q Teetotum Boron Clusters with 4d and 5d Transition Metals M = Rh, Pd, Ir, and Pt. J Phys Chem A 2019; 123:8170-8178. [PMID: 31483672 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b04078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In the present theoretical study using DFT computations, we successfully designed a series of boron clusters possessing a teetotum shape stabilized upon metal doping. The resulting M2B18 teetotum geometry emerges as a general structural motif for the B18 boron cluster doped by either two 4d and 5d transition metal atoms. Doping of two different metal atoms also conserves the teetotum motif such as in the mixed RhPdB18+ and IrPtB18+ clusters. A bonding analysis points out that each dimeric metal unit enjoys several stabilizing orbital interactions with an idealized B18 tubular moiety and thereby establish a bimetallic configuration of [σ(σ5s-B18)]2 [π(π4d-B18)]4 [σ(σ4d-B18)]2 [δ(δ4d-B18)]4 [σ*(σ4d-B18)]2 [π*4d]4 [σ(σ*4d-B18)]2 [δ*4d]4 for 4d metals and of [σ(σ6s-B18)]2 [π(π5d-B18)]4 [σ(σ5d-B18)]2 [δ(δ5d-B18)]4 [σ*(σ5d-B18)]2 [π*5d]4 [σ(σ*5d-B18)]2 [δ*5d]4 for 5d metal atoms for 24 electrons. All the M2B18q teetotum structures considered behave as aromatic compounds whose character is indicated by the strongly diatropic current density.
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- Hung Tan Pham
- Institute for Computational Science and Technology (ICST) , 700000 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam.,Department of Chemistry , KU Leuven , B-3001 Leuven , Belgium
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- Computational Chemistry Research Group , Ton Duc Thang University , 700000 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam.,Faculty of Applied Sciences , Ton Duc Thang University , 700000 Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam
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