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Geng L, Du Q, Li M, Yin B, Luo Z, Zhao J. The s-p Nonhybrid Nature Causes Adaptive Superatomic States of Bismuth Clusters. Chemistry 2023; 29:e202300167. [PMID: 37358027 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202300167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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We report a joint experimental and theoretical study on the stability and reactivity of Bin + (n=5-33) clusters. The alternating odd-even effect on the reaction rates of Bin + clusters with NO is observed, and Bi7 + finds the most inertness. First-principles calculation results reveal that the lowest energy structures of Bi6-9 + exhibit quasi-spherical geometry pertaining to the jellium shell model; however, the Bin + (n≥10) clusters adopt assembly structures. The prominent stability of Bi7 + is associated with its highly symmetric structure and superatomic states with a magic number of 34e closed shell. For the first time, we demonstrate that the unique s-p nonhybrid feature in bismuth rationalizes the stability of Bi6-9 + clusters within the jellium model, by filling the 6s electrons into the superatomic orbitals (forming "s-band"). Interestingly, the stability of 18e "s-band" coincides with the compact structure for Bin + at n≤9 but assembly structures for n≥10, showing an accommodation of the s electrons to the geometric structure. The atomic p-orbitals also allow to form superatomic orbitals at higher energy levels, contributing to the preferable structures of tridentate binding units. We illustrate the s-p nonhybrid nature accommodates the structure and superatomic states of bismuth clusters.
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- Lijun Geng
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 11602, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 11602, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS) State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 11602, P. R. China
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Paranthaman S, Vedamanickam N, Ganesan M, Sampathkumar S. Structure, Stability, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of FemBin (m + n = 2–4) Clusters: A DFT Study. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024422110279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Lambie S, Steenbergen KG, Gaston N, Paulus B. Clustering of metal dopants in defect sites of graphene-based materials. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 24:98-111. [PMID: 34889923 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05008g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Single-atom catalysts are promising candidates for many industrial reactions. However, making true single-atom catalysts is an experimental dilemma, due to the difficulty of keeping dopant single atoms stable at temperature and under pressure. This difficulty can lead to clustering of the metal dopant atoms in defect sites. However, the electronic and geometric structure of sub-nanoscale clusters in single-atom defects has not yet been explored. Furthermore, recent studies have proven sub-nanoscale clusters of dopants in single-atom defect sites can be equally good or better catalysts than their single-atom counterparts. Here, a comprehensive DFT study is undertaken to determine the geometric and electronic structure effects that influence clustering of noble and p-block dopants in C3- and N4-defect sites in graphene-based systems. We find that the defect site is the primary driver in determining clustering dynamics in these systems.
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- Stephanie Lambie
- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand. .,Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
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- MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Meng L, Liu S, Qin Q, Zeng B, Luo Z, Chi C. Infrared photodissociation spectroscopy of heteronuclear group 15 metal-iron carbonyl cluster anions A mFe(CO) n- (A = Sb, Bi; m, n = 2, 3). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:12668-12678. [PMID: 34036991 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00583a] [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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Heteronuclear group 15 metal-iron carbonyl cluster complexes of AmFe(CO)n- (A = Sb, Bi; m, n = 2-3) were generated in the gas phase and studied by infrared photodissociation spectroscopy in the carbonyl stretching region. Their structures were determined by comparing the experimental spectra with predicted spectra derived from DFT calculations at the B3LYP and BP86 levels. All of the AmFe(CO)n- cluster anions were determined to have Fe(CO)n- fragments with all of the CO ligands terminally bonded to the iron center, and they can be regarded as being formed via the interactions of the neutral group 15 metal clusters with the Fe(CO)n- fragments. Bonding analyses indicated that each A2Fe(CO)n- (n = 2, 3) cluster anion contained two A-Fe single bonds and one A-A double bond. Each A3Fe(CO)n- (n = 2, 3) cluster anion involved three A-Fe single bonds and three A-A single bonds. There is an isolobal relationship between the Fe(CO)3- group and the group 15 atoms. The substitution of an Fe(CO)3- group in place of one A atom in the tetrahedral A4 molecule resulted in an A3Fe(CO)3- cluster anion with the closed-shell electronic configuration for all the group 15 metals and iron atoms.
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- Luyan Meng
- School of Chemistry, Biological and Materials Sciences, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province 330013, China
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Chen ZH, Xie Z. First-Principles Investigations of Dimetallic Carbide Clusters: Bi2Cn (n = 1–16). PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES INDIA SECTION A-PHYSICAL SCIENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s40010-018-0533-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Lahm ME, Hoobler PR, Turney JM, Peterson KA, Schaefer HF. The bismuth tetramer Bi4: the ν3 key to experimental observation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:21881-21889. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp03529f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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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The spectroscopic identification of Bi4 has been very elusive. Two constitutional Bi4 isomers of Td and C2v symmetry are investigated and each is found to be a local energetic minimum.
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- Mitchell E. Lahm
- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- Georgia
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- Georgia
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- Georgia
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- Georgia
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- Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry
- University of Georgia
- Athens
- Georgia
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Deep melting reveals liquid structural memory and anomalous ferromagnetism in bismuth. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:3375-3380. [PMID: 28289195 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1615874114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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As an archetypal semimetal with complex and anisotropic Fermi surface and unusual electric properties (e.g., high electrical resistance, large magnetoresistance, and giant Hall effect), bismuth (Bi) has played a critical role in metal physics. In general, Bi displays diamagnetism with a high volumetric susceptibility ([Formula: see text]10-4). Here, we report unusual ferromagnetism in bulk Bi samples recovered from a molten state at pressures of 1.4-2.5 GPa and temperatures above [Formula: see text]1,250 K. The ferromagnetism is associated with a surprising structural memory effect in the molten state. On heating, low-temperature Bi liquid (L) transforms to a more randomly disordered high-temperature liquid (L') around 1,250 K. By cooling from above 1,250 K, certain structural characteristics of liquid L' are preserved in L. Bi clusters with characteristics of the liquid L' motifs are further preserved through solidification into the Bi-II phase across the pressure-independent melting curve, which may be responsible for the observed ferromagnetism.
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Martínez A. Reactivity Indexes of Fullerene and Bismullene Mixed Clusters: How the Intruders Modify the Properties. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:8680-8685. [PMID: 27779875 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b07435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this investigation, the feasibility of functionalizing fullerene and bismullene with Bi and C as intruders is theoretically explored. The systems analyzed are C60-xBix (with x = 0-10, fullerene-like) and Bi60-yCy (with y = 0-10, bismullene-like). Optimized geometries, reactivity indexes, and highest occupied molecular orbital to lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (HOMO-LUMO) gaps (for analyzing the potential application of these molecules as materials for solar cells) are reported. The most stable structures of bismullene-like systems have cage geometries. The most stable fullerene-like geometries resemble a cup with bismuth atoms at the edge of the bowl. The presence of intruders increases the electron acceptor power and decreases the electron donor power in most cases. HOMO-LUMO gaps indicate that bismullene-like clusters represent better candidates for building solar cells than fullerene-like clusters. This information could be useful for future experiments.
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- Ana Martínez
- Departamento de Materiales de Baja Dimensionalidad, Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México , Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, P.O. Box 70-360, Coyoacán, 04510, Ciudad de México, México
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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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Akola J, Atodiresei N, Kalikka J, Larrucea J, Jones RO. Structure and dynamics in liquid bismuth and Bin clusters: A density functional study. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:194503. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4901525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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- J. Akola
- Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
- COMP Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, FI-00076 Aalto, Finland
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- Peter Grünberg Institut PGI-1 and Institute for Advanced Simulation IAS-1, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Tampere University of Technology, P.O. Box 692, FI-33101 Tampere, Finland
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- Nanoscience Center, Department of Physics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Peter Grünberg Institut PGI-1 and JARA/HPC, Forschungszentrum Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
- German Research School for Simulation Sciences, FZ Jülich and RWTH Aachen University, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
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Kelting R, Baldes A, Schwarz U, Rapps T, Schooss D, Weis P, Neiss C, Weigend F, Kappes MM. Structures of small bismuth cluster cations. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:154309. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3703014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Sun Z, Sun S, Liu H, Zhu Q, Gao Z, Tang Z. Photoelectron Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies of MmC6F5 Anionic Complexes (M = Pb and Bi; m = 1−4). J Phys Chem A 2009; 113:8045-54. [DOI: 10.1021/jp8099626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Zhang Sun
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Center of Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Center of Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Center of Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Center of Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Center of Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Center of Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People’s Republic of China, and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
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Wang XB, Chi XX. Theoretical Study on the Stable Structures and Aromaticities for Pnictogen Dianionic Sb42, Bi42, and (SbBi)22Clusters. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2009. [DOI: 10.1088/1674-0068/22/01/75-81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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