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Acioli PH. Theoretical prediction of low-energy photoelectron spectra of Al nNi - clusters (n = 1-13). J Mol Model 2024; 30:155. [PMID: 38693182 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-024-05944-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
Abstract
CONTEXT Mixed-metal clusters have long been studied because of their peculiar properties and how they change with cluster size, composition, and charge state and their potential roles in catalysis. The characterization of these clusters is therefore a very important issue. One of the main experimental tools for characterizing their electronic structure is photoelectron spectroscopy. Theoretical computation completes the task by fully determining the structural properties and matching the theoretical predictions to the measured spectra. We present density functional theory computations of the structural, magnetic, and electronic properties of negatively charged mixed AlnNi- clusters with up to 13 Al atoms. The lowest energy structures of the anionic clusters with up to 7 atoms are also found to be low-energy isomers of the neutral counterparts found in the literature. The 13-atom cluster is found to be a quartet and a perfect icosahedron. The predicted photoelectron spectra are also presented and can be used to interpret future experimental data. We also presented indicators that can be used to determine the potential of these systems for single-atom catalysis. These indicators point to smaller clusters to be more reactive as the gap between the Fermi energy and the center of the d-band increases with cluster size and that Ni occupies an internal site for n = 11-13. We speculate that reactivity can be enhanced if one adds an additional Ni atom. METHODS The DFT calculations were performed using the Becke exchange and Perdew-Wang/91 correlation functionals (BPW91), a DFT-optimized all-electron basis set for the aluminum atom, and the Stuttgart small core pseudopotential for the Ni atom. All of the computations used the Gaussian 03 software.
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- Paulo H Acioli
- Department of Physics, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL, 60625, USA.
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Taran S, Arslan H. Stability and magnetic behaviour of 19-, 23- and 26-atom trimetallic Pt–Ni–Ag nanoalloys. Mol Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2020.1818859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Songül Taran
- Department of Physics, Duzce University, Duzce, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Zonguldak, Turkey
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Aguilera-Granja F, Longo RC, Gallego LJ, Vega A. Structural and magnetic properties of X12Y (X, Y=Fe, Co, Ni, Ru, Rh, Pd, and Pt) nanoalloys. J Chem Phys 2010. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3427292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hristova E, Dong Y, Grigoryan VG, Springborg M. Structural and Energetic Properties of Ni−Cu Bimetallic Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2008; 112:7905-15. [DOI: 10.1021/jp801837d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Elisaveta Hristova
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Saarland, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Saarland, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Saarland, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Saarland, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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Hristova E, Grigoryan VG, Springborg M. Structure and energetics of equiatomic K–Cs and Rb–Cs binary clusters. J Chem Phys 2008; 128:244513. [DOI: 10.1063/1.2944244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Ferrando R, Jellinek J, Johnston RL. Nanoalloys: From Theory to Applications of Alloy Clusters and Nanoparticles. Chem Rev 2008; 108:845-910. [PMID: 18335972 DOI: 10.1021/cr040090g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1698] [Impact Index Per Article: 106.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Riccardo Ferrando
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Genova, INFM and IMEM/CNR, Via Dodecaneso 33, Genova, I16146, Italy, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, and School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Genova, INFM and IMEM/CNR, Via Dodecaneso 33, Genova, I16146, Italy, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, and School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Genova, INFM and IMEM/CNR, Via Dodecaneso 33, Genova, I16146, Italy, Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, and School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Lloyd LD, Johnston RL, Salhi S, Wilson NT. Theoretical investigation of isomer stability in platinum–palladium nanoalloy clusters. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1039/b313811a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Rexer EF, Jellinek J, Krissinel EB, Parks EK, Riley SJ. Theoretical and experimental studies of the structures of 12-, 13-, and 14-atom bimetallic nickel/aluminum clusters. J Chem Phys 2002. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1481386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Massen C, Mortimer-Jones TV, Johnston RL. Geometries and segregation properties of platinum–palladium nanoalloy clusters. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1039/b207847c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Alonso JA. Electronic and atomic structure, and magnetism of transition-metal clusters. Chem Rev 2000; 100:637-78. [PMID: 11749247 DOI: 10.1021/cr980391o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- J A Alonso
- Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
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Alemany MMG, Rey C, Gallego LJ. Embedded atom model calculations of the diffusion coefficient of Ni impurity in liquid Al. J Chem Phys 1999. [DOI: 10.1063/1.480252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Mehra V, Prasad A, Ramaswamy R. Melting behavior of heterogenous atomic clusters: Gapless coexisting phases in (Ar–Xe)13. J Chem Phys 1999. [DOI: 10.1063/1.478110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Jellinek J, Krissinel EB. Alloy Clusters: Structural Classes, Mixing, and Phase Changes. THEORY OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR CLUSTERS 1999. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-58389-6_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Alemany MMG, Rey C, Gallego LJ. Transport coefficients of liquid transition metals: A computer simulation study using the embedded atom model. J Chem Phys 1998. [DOI: 10.1063/1.477133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Alemany MMG, Rey C, Gallego LJ. A molecular dynamics study of the thermodynamic properties of liquid Ni using the Voter and Chen version of the embedded atom model. J Chem Phys 1998. [DOI: 10.1063/1.476952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Teo BK, Strizhev A, Elber R, Zhang H. Iconography of Icosahedra. Calculations of Metallic Energies and Relative Stabilities of Stereoisomers of Binary Icosahedral Clusters. Inorg Chem 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/ic980006d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Boon K. Teo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Rm. 4500, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Rm. 4500, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Rm. 4500, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Rm. 4500, Chicago, Illinois 60607
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