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Nhat PV, Si NT, Hang NTN, Nguyen MT. The lowest-energy structure of the gold cluster Au 10: planar vs. nonplanar? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 24:42-47. [PMID: 34905595 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04440k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The onset of the transition from 2D to 3D structures in pure gold clusters remains a matter of continuing debate. In this theoretical study we revisit several planar and non-planar structural motifs of the size Au10 with the aim to clarify this issue. Computations using a long-range corrected exchange-correlation functional LC-BLYP, coupled-cluster theories CCSD(T) and PNO-LCCSD(T)-F12 reveal that, at variance with previous reports on the preference of a planar elongated hexagon, both planar and nonplanar isomers of the neutral Au10 are energetically degenerated up to 300 K. Its 3D equilibrium geometry is a core-shell structure which can be built up from a trigonal prism by capping four extra Au atoms outside. A comparison to the available experimental vibrational spectra allows us to argue that both lowest-lying 2D and 3D isomers of Au10 likely coexist in the molecular beam during measurement of its FIR spectra. This result also suggests that the 2D-3D transition of neutral gold clusters occurs at the size Au10.
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- Pham Vu Nhat
- Department of Chemistry, Can Tho University, Can Tho 900000, Vietnam.
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- Department of Chemistry, Can Tho University, Can Tho 900000, Vietnam.
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- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Thu Dau Mot University, Thu Dau Mot, Vietnam
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- Institute for Computational Science and Technology (ICST), Quang Trung Software City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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Cuny J, Tarrat N, Spiegelman F, Huguenot A, Rapacioli M. Density-functional tight-binding approach for metal clusters, nanoparticles, surfaces and bulk: application to silver and gold. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2018; 30:303001. [PMID: 29916820 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aacd6c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Density-functional based tight-binding (DFTB) is an efficient quantum mechanical method that can describe a variety of systems, going from organic and inorganic compounds to metallic and hybrid materials. The present topical review addresses the ability and performance of DFTB to investigate energetic, structural, spectroscopic and dynamical properties of gold and silver materials. After a brief overview of the theoretical basis of DFTB, its parametrization and its transferability, we report its past and recent applications to gold and silver systems, including small clusters, nanoparticles, bulk and surfaces, bare and interacting with various organic and inorganic compounds. The range of applications covered by those studies goes from plasmonics and molecular electronics, to energy conversion and surface chemistry. Finally, perspectives of DFTB in the field of gold and silver surfaces and NPs are outlined.
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- Jérôme Cuny
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques (LCPQ), Université de Toulouse III [UPS] and CNRS, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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O'Farrell ECT, Tan JY, Yeo Y, Koon GKW, Özyilmaz B, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T. Rashba Interaction and Local Magnetic Moments in a Graphene-BN Heterostructure Intercalated with Au. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 117:076603. [PMID: 27563982 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.076603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We intercalate a van der Waals heterostructure of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride with Au, by encapsulation, and show that the Au at the interface is two dimensional. Charge transfer upon current annealing indicates the redistribution of the Au and induces splitting of the graphene band structure. The effect of an in-plane magnetic field confirms that the splitting is due to spin splitting and that the spin polarization is in the plane, characteristic of a Rashba interaction with a magnitude of approximately 25 meV. Consistent with the presence of an intrinsic interfacial electric field we show that the splitting can be enhanced by an applied displacement field in dual gated samples. A giant negative magnetoresistance, up to 75%, and a field induced anomalous Hall effect at magnetic fields <1 T are observed. These demonstrate that the hybridized Au has a magnetic moment and suggests the proximity to the formation of a collective magnetic phase. These effects persist close to room temperature.
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- E C T O'Farrell
- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117546, Singapore and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore
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- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117546, Singapore and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore
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- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117546, Singapore and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore
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- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117546, Singapore and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore
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- Centre for Advanced 2D Materials and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117546, Singapore and Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore
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- National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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Yang M, Chen Z, Luo Y, Zhang J, Tang D, He R, Shen W, Li M. DFT insights into the cycloisomerization of ω-alkynylfuran catalyzed by planar gold clusters: mechanism and selectivity, as compared to Au(i)-catalysis. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra26156b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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A detailed reaction mechanism of Au3–10-catalyzed cycloisomerization of ω-alkynylfuran was systemically investigated at the TPSSh/def2-TZVP levels.
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- Miao Yang
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
- P. R. China
- Research Institute for New Materials Technology and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials and Remediation Technologies
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- Research Institute for New Materials Technology and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials and Remediation Technologies
- Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences
- Chongqing
- P. R. China
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- Research Institute for New Materials Technology and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials and Remediation Technologies
- Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences
- Chongqing
- P. R. China
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- Research Institute for New Materials Technology and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials and Remediation Technologies
- Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences
- Chongqing
- P. R. China
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- Research Institute for New Materials Technology and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Environmental Materials and Remediation Technologies
- Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences
- Chongqing
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
- P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Southwest University
- Chongqing 400715
- P. R. China
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Density Functional Study of Molecular Hydrogen Adsorption on Small Gold–Copper Binary Clusters. J CLUST SCI 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10876-015-0848-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Shayeghi A, Götz D, Davis JBA, Schäfer R, Johnston RL. Pool-BCGA: a parallelised generation-free genetic algorithm for the ab initio global optimisation of nanoalloy clusters. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 17:2104-12. [PMID: 25482360 DOI: 10.1039/c4cp04323e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The Birmingham cluster genetic algorithm is a package that performs global optimisations for homo- and bimetallic clusters based on either first principles methods or empirical potentials. Here, we present a new parallel implementation of the code which employs a pool strategy in order to eliminate sequential steps and significantly improve performance. The new approach meets all requirements of an evolutionary algorithm and contains the main features of the previous implementation. The performance of the pool genetic algorithm is tested using the Gupta potential for the global optimisation of the Au10Pd10 cluster, which demonstrates the high efficiency of the method. The new implementation is also used for the global optimisation of the Au10 and Au20 clusters directly at the density functional theory level.
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- A Shayeghi
- Eduard-Zintl-Institut, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Alarich-Weiss-Straße 8, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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Liu Z, Qin Z, Xie H, Cong R, Wu X, Tang Z. Structure of Au40/−1 in the gas phase: A joint geometry relaxed ab initio calculations and vibrationally resolved photoelectron imaging investigation. J Chem Phys 2013; 139:094306. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4819789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Sárosi MB, Petrar PM, King RB. Density functional study of bare gold clusters: the ten-vertex neutral system. J Mol Model 2013; 19:4585-90. [DOI: 10.1007/s00894-013-1967-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Götz DA, Schäfer R, Schwerdtfeger P. The performance of density functional and wavefunction-based methods for 2D and 3D structures of Au10. J Comput Chem 2013; 34:1975-81. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.23338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Revised: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 04/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Daniel A. Götz
- Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt; Germany
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- Eduard-Zintl-Institut für Anorganische und Physikalische Chemie, Technische Universität Darmstadt; Germany
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- Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics; The New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University Albany; 0745; Auckland; New Zealand
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Chan B, Yim WL. Accurate Computation of Cohesive Energies for Small to Medium-Sized Gold Clusters. J Chem Theory Comput 2013; 9:1964-70. [DOI: 10.1021/ct400047y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Bun Chan
- School of
Chemistry and ARC
Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology,
University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Institute of High Performance
Computing, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, 1 Fusionopolis
Way, No. 16−16 Connexis, Singapore 138632
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Lee HM, Kim KS. Observable Structures of Small Neutral and Anionic Gold Clusters. Chemistry 2012; 18:13203-7. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201200771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Xue Y. Water monomer interaction with gold nanoclusters from van der Waals density functional theory. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:024702. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3675494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Chakraborty I, Carvalho D, Shirodkar SN, Lahiri S, Bhattacharyya S, Banerjee R, Waghmare U, Ayyub P. Novel hexagonal polytypes of silver: growth, characterization and first-principles calculations. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2011; 23:325401. [PMID: 21785182 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/32/325401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We report a study of the relative effects of dimensional and kinetic constraints on the stabilization of metastable, polytypic forms of metallic silver. We show that the hexagonal 4H polytype (hitherto observed only in size-constrained systems) can be produced in the form of bulk thin films by suitably slowing down the growth kinetics. Further, using extremely slow growth conditions, we have been successful in depositing a novel, two-dimensional, metastable polytype (2H) of silver, which is highly reactive (easily oxidized) and has a density 23% lower than normal silver. First-principles calculations based on density functional theory confirm that the 4H structure is relatively stable. However, local stability analysis via a determination of the phonon dispersion of the 2H structure reveals that it is only marginally stable with an energy surface that is rather flat or weakly varying with respect to many of the modes. This makes a large contribution to the configurational entropy and is probably the reason for the metastability of the observed 2H polytype with an unusually large lattice constant along the c-direction.
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- Indrani Chakraborty
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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Pei Y, Shao N, Li H, Jiang DE, Zeng XC. Hollow polyhedral structures in small gold-sulfide clusters. ACS NANO 2011; 5:1441-1449. [PMID: 21271741 DOI: 10.1021/nn103217z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Using ab initio methods, we investigate the structural evolution of a family of gold-sulfide cluster anions (Au(m)S(n)(-)). We show that this family of clusters exhibits simple size-evolution rules and novel hollow polyhedron structures. The highly stable Au(m)S(n)(-) species such as Au(6)S(4)(-), Au(9)S(5)(-), Au(9)S(6)(-), Au(10)S(6)(-), Au(11)S(6)(-), Au(12)S(8)(-), and Au(13)S(8)(-) detected in the recent ion mobility mass spectrometry experiment of Au(25)(SCH(2)CH(2)Ph)(18) (Angel et al. ACS Nano2010, 4, 4691) are found to possess either quasi-tetrahedron, pyramidal, quasi-triangular prism, or quasi-cuboctahedron structures. The formation of these polyhedron structures are attributed to the high stability of the S-Au-S structural unit. A unique "edge-to-face" growth mechanism is proposed to understand the structural evolution of the small Au(m)S(n)(-) cluster. A 3:2 ratio rule of Au/S is suggested for the formation of a hollow polyhedron structure among small-sized Au(m)S(n) clusters.
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- Yong Pei
- Department of Chemistry and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA
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Lyalin A, Taketsugu T. A computational investigation of H2 adsorption and dissociation on Au nanoparticles supported on TiO2 surface. Faraday Discuss 2011; 152:185-201; discussion 203-25. [DOI: 10.1039/c1fd00013f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Garbounis DN, Tsipis AC, Tsipis CA. Structural, electronic, bonding, magnetic, and optical properties of bimetallic [Ru(n)Au(m)](0/+) (n + m ≤ 3) clusters. J Comput Chem 2010; 31:2836-52. [PMID: 20928847 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.21575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The structural, electronic, bonding, magnetic, and optical properties of bimetallic [Ru(n)Au(m)](0/+) (n + m ≤ 3; n, m = 0-3) clusters were computed in the framework of the density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) using the full-range PBE0 non local hybrid GGA functional combined with the Def2-QZVPP basis sets. Several low-lying states have been investigated and the stability of the ground state spinomers was estimated with respect to all possible fragmentation schemes. Molecular orbital and population analysis schemes along with computed electronic parameters illustrated the details of the bonding mechanisms in the [Ru(n)Au(m)](0/+) clusters. The TD-DFT computed UV-visible absorption spectra of the bimetallic clusters have been fully analyzed and compared to those of pure gold and ruthenium clusters. Assignments of all principal electronic transitions are given and interpreted in terms of contribution from specific molecular orbital excitations.
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- Dimitrios N Garbounis
- Faculty of Chemistry, Laboratory of Applied Quantum Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 541 24, Greece
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Li H, Pei Y, Zeng XC. Two-dimensional to three-dimensional structural transition of gold cluster Au10 during soft landing on TiO2 surface and its effect on CO oxidation. J Chem Phys 2010; 133:134707. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3485291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [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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Perfluorinated exohedral potassium-metallofullerene K···C n F n (n = 20 or 60): partial interior and surface excess electron state. Theor Chem Acc 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-010-0763-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Zanchet A, Roncero O, Omar S, Paniagua M, Aguado A. Potential energy surface and reactive collisions for the Au+H(2) system. J Chem Phys 2010; 132:034301. [PMID: 20095733 DOI: 10.1063/1.3290950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A global potential energy surface is obtained for the ground state of the endoergic Au((2)S)+H(2)(X (1)Sigma(g) (+))-->AuH((1)Sigma(+))+H((2)S) reaction. The global potential is obtained by fitting highly correlated ab initio calculations on the system, using relativistic pseudopotential for the gold atom. Several electronic states are calculated correlating with Au((2)S)+H(2), Au((2)D)+H(2), and H(2), Au((2)P)+H(2) asymptotes. These states show several conical intersections and curve crossings along the minimum energy reaction path which are analyzed in detail. One of them gives rise to an insertion well in which there are important contributions from the Au((2)D) and Au((2)P) states of gold, which is interesting because it is analog to the deep chemisorption well appearing in larger gold clusters. Quantum wave packet and quasiclassical trajectory dynamical calculations performed for the reaction at zero total angular momentum are in good agreement, provided that a Gaussian binning method is used to account for the zero-point energy of products. Finally, integral and differential cross sections are calculated for the reaction with quasiclassical trajectories. Two different reaction mechanisms are found, one direct and the second indirect, in which the Au atom inserts in between the two hydrogen atoms because of the existence of the insertion well discussed above.
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- Alexander Zanchet
- Unidad Asociada UAM-CSIC, Instituto de Fíisica Fundamental, C.S.I.C. Serrano 123, Madrid 28006, Spain
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