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Abstract
Knowing the possible structures of individual clusters in nanostructured materials is an important first step in their design. With previous structure prediction data for BaO nanoclusters as a basis, data mining techniques were used to investigate candidate structures for magnesium oxide, calcium oxide and strontium oxide clusters. The lowest-energy structures and analysis of some of their structural properties are presented here. Clusters that are predicted to be ideal targets for synthesis, based on being both the only thermally accessible minimum for their size, and a size that is thermally accessible with respect to neighbouring sizes, include global minima for: sizes
n
=
9
,
15
,
16
,
18
and 24 for (MgO)
n
; sizes
n
=
8
,
9
,
12
,
16
,
18
and 24 for (CaO)
n
; the greatest number of sizes of (SrO)
n
clusters (
n
=
8
,
9
,
10
,
12
,
13
,
15
,
16
,
18
and 24); and for (BaO)
n
sizes of
n
=
8
,
10
and 16.
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Mirdha RH, Naskar P, Chaudhury P. Mapping out reaction paths for conformational changes in (M
g
O)
n
clusters: a study based on a stochastic procedure. Struct Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-017-1049-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Escher SG, Lazauskas T, Zwijnenburg MA, Woodley SM. Structure prediction of (BaO) n nanoclusters forn⩽24using an evolutionary algorithm. COMPUT THEOR CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2017.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Feitoza L, Castro MA, Leão SA, Fonseca TL. Electronic and vibrational second hyperpolarizabilities of (MgO) n clusters. J Chem Phys 2017; 146:144309. [PMID: 28411612 DOI: 10.1063/1.4979910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
In this work, we report results for the static second hyperpolarizability of magnesium oxide clusters including electronic and vibrational contributions. The comparison between second-order Møller-Plesset (MP2) perturbation theory and coupled cluster results to the electronic contribution points out that MP2 is a suitable method to compute this property. When computed at the MP2 level, the electronic contribution per atom converges to approximately 5000 a.u. Vibrational corrections were computed at the MP2 level through the perturbation theoretical method of Bishop and Kirtman. Results obtained showed that the term [α2]0,0 represents around 20% of the electronic counterpart while the term [μβ]0,0 is comparable to it. Modes that contribute significantly to [α2]0,0 are those in which all or part of the bond lengths simultaneously increase and decrease, leading to large polarizability derivatives. In turn, modes that provide relevant contributions to [μβ]0,0 are those in which oxygen anions move in opposite directions to the magnesium cations yielding large derivatives of the dipole moment and first hyperpolarizability.
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- Luan Feitoza
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, 74690-900 Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, 74690-900 Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, 74690-900 Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Campus Samambaia, 74690-900 Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
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Shayeganfar F, Beheshtiyan J, Neek-Amal M, Shahsavari R. Electro- and opto-mutable properties of MgO nanoclusters adsorbed on mono- and double-layer graphene. NANOSCALE 2017; 9:4205-4218. [PMID: 28290570 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr08586e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
Inspired by recent experiments, the trapping of molecules in 2D materials has gained increasing attention due to the unique ability of the molecules to modulate the electronic and optical properties of 2D materials, which calls for fundamental understanding and predictive design strategies. Herein, we focus on mono- and double-layer graphene encapsulating various MgO clusters and explore their diverse electronic and optical properties using a number of high-level first-principles calculations. By correlating the stability of adsorption, geometry, charge transfer, band structures, optical absorption spectrum, and the van der Waals pressure, our results decode various synergies in electro- and opto-mutable properties of MgO/graphene systems. We found that 2D-MgO flakes on graphene layers exhibit surface polarization effects - in contrast to their isolated neutral flakes - and show a significant charge transfer from graphene to n-doped flakes, breaking the symmetry of graphene layers. We obtained a van der Waals pressure of ∼0.7 (0.9) GPa on bilayer graphene encapsulating MgO nanoclusters, which matches extremely well with experiment. While there is one quantum emission in the visible light region for a single MgO flake, a wide range of visible light is accessible for MgO on mono- and double-layer graphene. Overall, these findings provide new physical insights and design strategies to modulate 2D materials with several applications in optoelectronics while significantly broadening the spectrum of strategies for fabricating new hybrid 2D heterostructures by encapsulating external molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- Farzaneh Shayeganfar
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA. and Institute for Advanced Technologies, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, 16875-163, Lavizan, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute for Advanced Technologies, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, 16875-163, Lavizan, Tehran, Iran and Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Institute for Advanced Technologies, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, 16875-163, Lavizan, Tehran, Iran and Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA. and Department of Material Science and NanoEngineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA and Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Román-González SA, Robles-Gómez EE, Reyes J, Bernáldez J, Cortés-Guzmán F, Martínez-Mayorga K, Lazcano-Pérez F, Licea A, Arreguín-Espinosa R. A 3D structural model of RsXXVIA, an ω-conotoxin. Struct Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-016-0877-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Shevkunov SV. Thermodynamic characteristics of the hydrate shell of a Na+ ion in a plane nanopore with hydrophobic walls. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0036024414120309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Chen M, Felmy AR, Dixon DA. Structures and Stabilities of (MgO)n Nanoclusters. J Phys Chem A 2014; 118:3136-46. [DOI: 10.1021/jp412820z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mingyang Chen
- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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- Fundamental Sciences
Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Shelby Hall, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0336, United States
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Structure, spectroscopy and electronic properties of neutral lattice-like (MgO) n clusters: a study based on a blending of DFT with stochastic algorithms inspired by natural processes. Struct Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-014-0394-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Wobbe MCC, Kerridge A, Zwijnenburg MA. Optical excitation of MgO nanoparticles; a computational perspective. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:22052-61. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03442b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The optical absorption spectra of magnesium oxide nanoparticles, along with the atomic centres responsible for the absorption, are studied using time-dependent density functional theory.
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- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London WC1H 0AJ, UK
- Department of Chemistry
- Lancaster University
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Wang P, Yang M, Zhang S, Huang S, Tian H. Density Functional Theory Study on Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Mn‐Doped (MgO)n (n=2–10) Clusters. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2013. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/26/01/35-42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Li H, Chen W, Wang F, Sun Q, Guo ZX, Jia Y. Tin clusters formed by fundamental units: a potential way to assemble tin nanowires. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:1831-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c2cp42948a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Haertelt M, Fielicke A, Meijer G, Kwapien K, Sierka M, Sauer J. Structure determination of neutral MgO clusters--hexagonal nanotubes and cages. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2012; 14:2849-56. [PMID: 22252227 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp23432g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Structural information for neutral magnesium oxide clusters has been obtained by a comparison of their experimental vibrational spectra with predictions from theory. (MgO)(n) clusters with n = 3-16 have been studied in the gas phase with a tunable IR-UV two-color ionization scheme and size-selective infrared spectra have been measured. These IR spectra are compared to the calculated spectra of the global minimum structures predicted by a hybrid ab initio genetic algorithm. The comparison shows clear evidence that clusters of the composition (MgO)(3k) (k = 1-5) form hexagonal tubes, which confirm previous theoretical predictions. For the intermediate sizes (n≠ 3k) cage-like structures containing hexagonal (MgO)(3) rings are identified. Except for the cubic (MgO)(4) no evidence for bulk like structures is found.
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- Marko Haertelt
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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