A new complex K0.5[K（18-crown-6）]1.5Geg.1.5en （1） which contains unpreceden- ted ＂up＂ and ＂down＂ chain arrangement of unit [-（Ge9-K-Ge9）3-] has been prepared by the reaction of K4Ge9 with HgS in ethylenediam...A new complex K0.5[K（18-crown-6）]1.5Geg.1.5en （1） which contains unpreceden- ted ＂up＂ and ＂down＂ chain arrangement of unit [-（Ge9-K-Ge9）3-] has been prepared by the reaction of K4Ge9 with HgS in ethylenediamine （en） in the presence of 18-crown-6（1,4,7,10,13,16- hexaoxacyclooctadecane）, and characterized by X-ray structure analysis. The color of the title crystals （black）, which is darker than that of the reported three compounds with chains of germanium clusters, may result from the naked K＋ and their interactions with the chain. And the structure differences between 1 and the reported three compounds with chains of germanium have also been discussed.展开更多
Structural growth mechanism,energetics,and electronic properties of cationic,neutral,and anionic lutetium doped germanium cluster LuGen^((+/0/-))(n=6~19)were comprehensively studied by the ABCluster unbiased global se...Structural growth mechanism,energetics,and electronic properties of cationic,neutral,and anionic lutetium doped germanium cluster LuGen^((+/0/-))(n=6~19)were comprehensively studied by the ABCluster unbiased global search technique with a hybrid density functional theory approach.Compared to the experimental PES,the anion evolution of structure can be clearly defined as four-phase:from the adsorbed to the link structure,then to the half cage motif,and finally to the endohedral structure.The results revealed that the LuGe16-as Frank-Kasper structure with high symmetry of Td can greatly enhance the stabilities.Doped structures have shown thermodynamic stability and appropriate energy gap.These materials are suitable semiconductors.Various approaches,including quasi-spherical geometry with closed-shell model,aromaticity,UV-Vis spectra,density of states(DOS)and partial density of states(PDOS)were applied to further support the results.展开更多
The growth pattern and electronic properties of TiGen^- （n=7-12） clusters were investigated using anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. For both anionic and neutral TiGen clust...The growth pattern and electronic properties of TiGen^- （n=7-12） clusters were investigated using anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. For both anionic and neutral TiGen clusters, a half-encapsulated boat-shaped structure appears at n=8, and the boat-shaped structure is gradually covered by the additional Ge atoms to form Gen cage at n=9-11. TiGe12^- cluster has a distorted hexagonal prism cage structure. According to the natural population analysis, the electron transfers from the Gen framework to the Ti atom for TiGen^-/0 clusters at n=8-12, implying that the electron transfer pattern is related to the structural evolution.展开更多
The universal parameter nonorthogonal tight binding scheme proposed by Menon and Subbaswamy was used to optimize the geometrical structures, binding energies and electron affinities of small germanium clusters Ge ...The universal parameter nonorthogonal tight binding scheme proposed by Menon and Subbaswamy was used to optimize the geometrical structures, binding energies and electron affinities of small germanium clusters Ge n ( n =2—20). A complete agreement with available ab initio results from the lowest energy structures for Ge 2—Ge 6 was obtained and reasonable structures for these clusters were predicted and compared with those of corresponding silicon clusters in the range of n =7—20 . The averaged discrepancy with experiments in binding energies for n =2—7 is about 6% and the calculated electron affinities agree well with the measured values in the range of n =2—8 as well.展开更多
Investigating the structures and properties of Au-Ge mixed clusters can give insight into the microscopic mechanisms in gold-catalyzed Ge films and can also provide valuable information for the production of germanium...Investigating the structures and properties of Au-Ge mixed clusters can give insight into the microscopic mechanisms in gold-catalyzed Ge films and can also provide valuable information for the production of germanium-based functional materials. In this work, size-selected anion photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical calculations were used to explore the structural evolution and electronic properties of Au2Gen^-/0 (n=1-8) clusters. It is found that the two Au atoms in Au2Gen^-/0 (n=1-8) showed high coordination numbers and weak aurophilic interactions. The global minima of Au2Gen- anions and Au2Gen neutrals are in spin doublet and singlet states, respectively. Au2Gen- anions and Au2Gen neutrals showed similar structural features, except for Au2Ge4^-/0 and Au2Ge5^-/0. The C2v symmetric V-shaped structure is observed for Au2Ge1^-/0, while Au2Ge2^-/0 has a C2v symmetric dibridged structure. Au2Ge3^-/0 can be viewed as the two Au atoms attached to different Ge-Ge bonds of Ge3 triangle. Au2Ge4- has two Au atoms edge-capping Ge4 tetrahedron, while Au2Ge4 neutral adopts a C2v symmetric double Au atoms face-capping Ge4 rhombus. Au2Ge5-8^-/0 show triangular, tetragonal, and pentagonal prism-based geometries. Au2Ge6 adopts a C2v symmetric tetragonal prism structure and exhibits σ plus π double bonding characters.展开更多
The binary cluster ions Ge2Cn+/Ge2Cn? and GeCn+ have been produced by laser ablation. The parity ef- fect is present in the negative ions Ge2Cn?, though it is not very prominent. While the experiments tell that the pa...The binary cluster ions Ge2Cn+/Ge2Cn? and GeCn+ have been produced by laser ablation. The parity ef- fect is present in the negative ions Ge2Cn?, though it is not very prominent. While the experiments tell that the parity effect is totally not shown in the positive ions Ge2Cn+. An extensive theoretical investigation on GeCn/GeCn+/GeCn?(n = 1?10) and Ge2Cn/Ge2Cn+/Ge2Cn?(n = 1?9) has been carried out by density functional theory at B3LPY level. The calcula- tion shows that the low-lying states of GeCn/GeCn+/GeCn?(n = 1?10) and Ge2Cn/Ge2Cn+/Ge2Cn? (n = 1?9) are linear structure with germanium atoms locating at terminals respectively. The electronic distributions, ionization potential (IPad), elec- tron affinity (EA) and increasing bonding energy reveal that the parity effect of neutral species is much stronger than that of ions, which is attributed to the valence π-electrons. It is explained that the differences between experiments and cal- culations are due to the kinetic factor in the formation of Ge2Cn±.展开更多
When t-BuC 5H 4Me 2GeGeMe 2C 5H 4Bu-t and Ru 3(CO) 12 were refluxed in nonane, a novel germanium-ruthenium cluster with a trigonal-bipyramidal Ge 2Ru 3 core {(μ 3-Ge)[Ru(CO) 2(η 5-C 5H 4Bu-t)]} 2Ru...When t-BuC 5H 4Me 2GeGeMe 2C 5H 4Bu-t and Ru 3(CO) 12 were refluxed in nonane, a novel germanium-ruthenium cluster with a trigonal-bipyramidal Ge 2Ru 3 core {(μ 3-Ge)[Ru(CO) 2(η 5-C 5H 4Bu-t)]} 2Ru 3(CO) 9(1) and a dinuclear ruthenium complex [(Me 2Ge)(η 5-C 5H 3Bu-t)Ru 2(CO) 6] (2) were obtained. The structures of 1 and 2 were fully characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR spectra and elemental analysis, and 1 has also been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21003125,21073190)the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(2010 J01057)
文摘A new complex K0.5[K（18-crown-6）]1.5Geg.1.5en （1） which contains unpreceden- ted ＂up＂ and ＂down＂ chain arrangement of unit [-（Ge9-K-Ge9）3-] has been prepared by the reaction of K4Ge9 with HgS in ethylenediamine （en） in the presence of 18-crown-6（1,4,7,10,13,16- hexaoxacyclooctadecane）, and characterized by X-ray structure analysis. The color of the title crystals （black）, which is darker than that of the reported three compounds with chains of germanium clusters, may result from the naked K＋ and their interactions with the chain. And the structure differences between 1 and the reported three compounds with chains of germanium have also been discussed.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21863007)
文摘Structural growth mechanism,energetics,and electronic properties of cationic,neutral,and anionic lutetium doped germanium cluster LuGen^((+/0/-))(n=6~19)were comprehensively studied by the ABCluster unbiased global search technique with a hybrid density functional theory approach.Compared to the experimental PES,the anion evolution of structure can be clearly defined as four-phase:from the adsorbed to the link structure,then to the half cage motif,and finally to the endohedral structure.The results revealed that the LuGe16-as Frank-Kasper structure with high symmetry of Td can greatly enhance the stabilities.Doped structures have shown thermodynamic stability and appropriate energy gap.These materials are suitable semiconductors.Various approaches,including quasi-spherical geometry with closed-shell model,aromaticity,UV-Vis spectra,density of states(DOS)and partial density of states(PDOS)were applied to further support the results.
基金Wei-jun Zheng acknowledges the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences （No.KJCX2-EW-H01） and Hong-guang Xu acknowl- edges the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No.21103202） for financial support. The theoretical calculations were conducted on the ScGrid and Deep- Comp 7000 of the Supercomputing Center, Computer Network Information Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
文摘The growth pattern and electronic properties of TiGen^- （n=7-12） clusters were investigated using anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. For both anionic and neutral TiGen clusters, a half-encapsulated boat-shaped structure appears at n=8, and the boat-shaped structure is gradually covered by the additional Ge atoms to form Gen cage at n=9-11. TiGe12^- cluster has a distorted hexagonal prism cage structure. According to the natural population analysis, the electron transfers from the Gen framework to the Ti atom for TiGen^-/0 clusters at n=8-12, implying that the electron transfer pattern is related to the structural evolution.
文摘The universal parameter nonorthogonal tight binding scheme proposed by Menon and Subbaswamy was used to optimize the geometrical structures, binding energies and electron affinities of small germanium clusters Ge n ( n =2—20). A complete agreement with available ab initio results from the lowest energy structures for Ge 2—Ge 6 was obtained and reasonable structures for these clusters were predicted and compared with those of corresponding silicon clusters in the range of n =7—20 . The averaged discrepancy with experiments in binding energies for n =2—7 is about 6% and the calculated electron affinities agree well with the measured values in the range of n =2—8 as well.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.21273246 and No.21103202)the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No.QYZDB-SSW-SLH024)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China (No.ZR2018BB040)Open Funds of Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (No.BNLMS201804)Research Start-up Funds (Doctoral Science Foundation) of Heze University (No.XY18BS02)Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) (No.2018VMA0011)
文摘Investigating the structures and properties of Au-Ge mixed clusters can give insight into the microscopic mechanisms in gold-catalyzed Ge films and can also provide valuable information for the production of germanium-based functional materials. In this work, size-selected anion photoelectron spectroscopy and theoretical calculations were used to explore the structural evolution and electronic properties of Au2Gen^-/0 (n=1-8) clusters. It is found that the two Au atoms in Au2Gen^-/0 (n=1-8) showed high coordination numbers and weak aurophilic interactions. The global minima of Au2Gen- anions and Au2Gen neutrals are in spin doublet and singlet states, respectively. Au2Gen- anions and Au2Gen neutrals showed similar structural features, except for Au2Ge4^-/0 and Au2Ge5^-/0. The C2v symmetric V-shaped structure is observed for Au2Ge1^-/0, while Au2Ge2^-/0 has a C2v symmetric dibridged structure. Au2Ge3^-/0 can be viewed as the two Au atoms attached to different Ge-Ge bonds of Ge3 triangle. Au2Ge4- has two Au atoms edge-capping Ge4 tetrahedron, while Au2Ge4 neutral adopts a C2v symmetric double Au atoms face-capping Ge4 rhombus. Au2Ge5-8^-/0 show triangular, tetragonal, and pentagonal prism-based geometries. Au2Ge6 adopts a C2v symmetric tetragonal prism structure and exhibits σ plus π double bonding characters.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.20302020)
文摘The binary cluster ions Ge2Cn+/Ge2Cn? and GeCn+ have been produced by laser ablation. The parity ef- fect is present in the negative ions Ge2Cn?, though it is not very prominent. While the experiments tell that the parity effect is totally not shown in the positive ions Ge2Cn+. An extensive theoretical investigation on GeCn/GeCn+/GeCn?(n = 1?10) and Ge2Cn/Ge2Cn+/Ge2Cn?(n = 1?9) has been carried out by density functional theory at B3LPY level. The calcula- tion shows that the low-lying states of GeCn/GeCn+/GeCn?(n = 1?10) and Ge2Cn/Ge2Cn+/Ge2Cn? (n = 1?9) are linear structure with germanium atoms locating at terminals respectively. The electronic distributions, ionization potential (IPad), elec- tron affinity (EA) and increasing bonding energy reveal that the parity effect of neutral species is much stronger than that of ions, which is attributed to the valence π-electrons. It is explained that the differences between experiments and cal- culations are due to the kinetic factor in the formation of Ge2Cn±.
文摘When t-BuC 5H 4Me 2GeGeMe 2C 5H 4Bu-t and Ru 3(CO) 12 were refluxed in nonane, a novel germanium-ruthenium cluster with a trigonal-bipyramidal Ge 2Ru 3 core {(μ 3-Ge)[Ru(CO) 2(η 5-C 5H 4Bu-t)]} 2Ru 3(CO) 9(1) and a dinuclear ruthenium complex [(Me 2Ge)(η 5-C 5H 3Bu-t)Ru 2(CO) 6] (2) were obtained. The structures of 1 and 2 were fully characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, IR spectra and elemental analysis, and 1 has also been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.
