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Peeters S, Kuwahara T, Härtwig F, Makowski S, Weihnacht V, Lasagni AF, Dienwiebel M, Moseler M, Moras G. Surface Depassivation via B-O Dative Bonds Affects the Friction Performance of B-Doped Carbon Coatings. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2024; 16:18112-18123. [PMID: 38547870 PMCID: PMC11011640 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c18803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024]
Abstract
Boron doping of diamond-like carbon coatings has multiple effects on their tribological properties. While boron typically reduces wear in cutting applications, some B-doped coatings show poor tribological performance compared with undoped films. This is the case of the tribological tests presented in this work in which an alumina ball is placed in frictional contact with different undoped and B-doped amorphous carbon coatings in humid air. With B-doped coatings, a higher friction coefficient at a steady state with respect to their undoped counterparts was observed. Estimates of the average contact shear stress based on experimental friction coefficients, surface topographies, and Persson's contact theory suggest that the increased friction is compatible with the formation of a sparse network of interfacial ether bonds leading to a mild cold-welding friction regime, as documented in the literature. Tight binding and density functional theory simulations were performed to investigate the chemical effect of B-doping on the interfacial properties of the carbon coatings. The results reveal that OH groups that normally passivate carbon surfaces in humid environments can be activated by boron and form B-O dative bonds across the tribological interfaces, leading to a mild cold-welding friction regime. Simulations performed on different tribological pairs suggest that this mechanism could be valid for B-doped carbon surfaces in contact with a variety of materials. In general, this study highlights the impact that subtle modifications in surface and interface chemistry caused by the presence of impurities can have on macroscopic properties, such as friction and wear.
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Affiliation(s)
- Stefan Peeters
- Fraunhofer
IWM, MiktroTribologie Centrum μTC, Wöhlerstraße 11, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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- Fraunhofer
IWM, MiktroTribologie Centrum μTC, Wöhlerstraße 11, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
- Osaka
Metropolitan University, 3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi-ku, 558-8585 Osaka, Japan
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- Fraunhofer
IWS, Winterbergstraße 28, 01277 Dresden, Germany
- Technische
Universität Dresden, Institut für
Fertigungstechnik, George-Bähr-Straße
3c, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Fraunhofer
IWS, Winterbergstraße 28, 01277 Dresden, Germany
- Technische
Universität Dresden, Institut für
Fertigungstechnik, George-Bähr-Straße
3c, 01069 Dresden, Germany
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- Fraunhofer
IWM, MiktroTribologie Centrum μTC, Wöhlerstraße 11, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
- Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology (KIT), IAM – Institute for Applied
Materials, Straße am Forum 7, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Fraunhofer
IWM, MiktroTribologie Centrum μTC, Wöhlerstraße 11, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
- University
of Freiburg, Institute of Physics, Herrmann-Herder-Straße 3, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Fraunhofer
IWM, MiktroTribologie Centrum μTC, Wöhlerstraße 11, 79108 Freiburg, Germany
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Manna D, Lo R, Miriyala VM, Nachtigallová D, Trávníček Z, Hobza P. Impact of dielectric constant of solvent on the formation of transition metal-ammine complexes. J Comput Chem 2024; 45:204-209. [PMID: 37752737 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.27230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023]
Abstract
The DFT-level computational investigations into Gibbs free energies (ΔG) demonstrate that as the dielectric constant of the solvent increases, the stabilities of [M(NH3 )n ]2+/3+ (n = 4, 6; M = selected 3d transition metals) complexes decrease. However, there is no observed correlation between the stability of the complex and the solvent donor number. Analysis of the charge transfer and Wiberg bond indices indicates a dative-bond character in all the complexes. The solvent effect assessed through solvation energy is determined by the change in the solvent accessible surface area (SASA) and the change in the charge distribution that occurs during complex formation. It has been observed that the SASA and charge transfer are different in the different coordination numbers, resulting in a variation in the solvent effect on complex stability in different solvents. This ultimately leads to a change between the relative stability of complexes with different coordination numbers while increasing the solvent polarity for a few complexes. Moreover, the findings indicate a direct relationship between ΔΔG (∆Gsolvent -∆Ggas ) and ΔEsolv , which enables the computation of ΔG for the compounds in a particular solvent using only ΔGgas and ΔEsolv . This approach is less computationally expensive.
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- Debashree Manna
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic
- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic
- IT4Innovations, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prague, Czech Republic
- IT4Innovations, VŠB-Technical University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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Guha AK. Can Dative Bond Between Two Anions Possible? Chemphyschem 2023; 24:e202300403. [PMID: 37450354 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Formation of a genuine chemical bond between two similarly charged fragments is beyond expectation. Any such interaction generally lies in the realm of non-covalent interaction. Herein, formation of a strong dative covalent bond between two anionic fragments is reported for the first time. Calculation using ab initio coupled cluster theory reveals the formation of an unprecedented strong H3 Be- ←X- (X- =CH3 - , CN- , OH- , F- ) dative covalent bond. The calculated bond dissociation energies in polar solvents are significant, which indicates the possibility of their experimental realization.
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- Ankur Kanti Guha
- Advanced Computational Chemistry Centre, Department of Chemistry, Cotton University Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam, 781001, India
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Nandi A, Tarannam N, Rodrigues Silva D, Fonseca Guerra C, Hamlin TA, Kozuch S. Boron Tunneling in the "Weak" Bond-Stretch Isomerization of N-B Lewis Adducts. Chemphyschem 2021; 22:1857-1862. [PMID: 34245098 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202100505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Some nitrile-boron halide adducts exhibit a double-well potential energy surface with two distinct minima: a "long bond" geometry (LB, a van der Waals interaction mostly based on electrostatics, but including a residual charge transfer component) and a "short bond" structure (SB, a covalent dative bond). This behavior can be considered as a "weak" form of bond stretch isomerism. Our computations reveal that complexes RCN-BX3 (R=CH3 , FCH2 , BrCH2 , and X=Cl, Br) exhibit a fast interconversion from LB to SB geometries even close to the absolute zero thanks to a boron atom tunneling mechanism. The computed half-lives of the meta-stable LB compounds vary between minutes to nanoseconds at cryogenic conditions. Accordingly, we predict that the long bond structures are practically impossible to isolate or characterize, which agrees with previous matrix-isolation experiments.
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- Ashim Nandi
- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 841051, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 841051, Israel
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The, Netherlands.,Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, 37200-900, Lavras-MG, Brazil
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The, Netherlands.,Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The, Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Amsterdam Institute of Molecular and Life Sciences (AIMMS), Amsterdam Center for Multiscale Modeling (ACMM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1083, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The, Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 841051, Israel
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Bajo S, Alférez MG, Alcaide MM, López‐Serrano J, Campos J. Metal-only Lewis Pairs of Rhodium with s, p and d-Block Metals. Chemistry 2020; 26:16833-16845. [PMID: 32722855 PMCID: PMC7756578 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202003167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Metal-only Lewis pairs (MOLPs) in which the two metal fragments are solely connected by a dative M→M bond represent privileged architectures to acquire fundamental understanding of bimetallic bonding. This has important implications in many catalytic processes or supramolecular systems that rely on synergistic effects between two metals. However, a systematic experimental/computational approach on a well-defined class of compounds is lacking. Here we report a family of MOLPs constructed around the RhI precursor [(η5 -C5 Me5 )Rh(PMe3 )2 ] (1) with a series of s, p and d-block metals, mostly from the main group elements, and investigate their bonding by computational means. Among the new MOLPs, we have structurally characterized those formed by dative bonding between 1 and MgMeBr, AlMe3 , GeCl2 , SnCl2 , ZnMe2 and Zn(C6 F5 )2, as well as spectroscopically identified the ones resulting from coordination to MBArF (M=Na, Li; BArF - =[B(C6 H2 -3,5-(CF3 )2 )4 ]- ) and CuCl. Some of these compounds represent unique examples of bimetallic structures, such as the first unambiguous cases of Rh→Mg dative bonding or base-free rhodium bound germylene and stannylene species. Multinuclear NMR spectroscopy, including 103 Rh NMR, is used to probe the formation of Rh→M bonds. A comprehensive theoretical analysis of those provides clear trends. As anticipated, greater bond covalency is found for the more electronegative acids, whereas ionic character dominates for the least electronegative nuclei, though some degree of electron sharing is identified in all cases.
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- Sonia Bajo
- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ)Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)University of SevillaAvenida Américo Vespucio 4941092SevillaSpain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ)Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)University of SevillaAvenida Américo Vespucio 4941092SevillaSpain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ)Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)University of SevillaAvenida Américo Vespucio 4941092SevillaSpain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ)Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)University of SevillaAvenida Américo Vespucio 4941092SevillaSpain
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas (IIQ)Departamento de Química Inorgánica and Centro de Innovación en Química Avanzada (ORFEO-CINQA)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)University of SevillaAvenida Américo Vespucio 4941092SevillaSpain
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Liu G, Fedik N, Martinez-Martinez C, Ciborowski SM, Zhang X, Boldyrev AI, Bowen KH. Reply to the Comment on "Realization of Lewis Basic Sodium Anion in the NaBH 3 - Cluster". Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:8760-8764. [PMID: 32350985 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202005259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
We reply to the comment by S. Pan and G. Frenking who challenged our interpretation of the Na- :→BH3 dative bond in the recently synthesized NaBH3 - cluster. Our conclusion remains the same as that in our original paper (https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201907089 and https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.201907089). This conclusion is additionally supported by the energetic pathways and NBO charges calculated at UCCSD and CASMP2(4,4) levels of theory. We also discussed the suitability of the Laplacian of electron density (QTAIM) and Adaptive Natural Density Partitioning (AdNDP) method for bond type assignment. It seems that AdNDP yields more sensible results. This discussion reveals that the complex realm of bonding is full of semantic inconsistencies, and we invite experimentalists and theoreticians to elaborate this topic and find solutions incorporating different views on the dative bond.
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- Gaoxiang Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Advanced Energy Materials Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Renewable Energy Conversion and Storage Center (ReCAST), College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 30007, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 21218, USA
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