小分子硫原子团簇的结构稳定性

用分子图形软件设计出68种硫原子团簇S_3～S_(13)的结构,使用B3LYP密度泛函进行几何构型优化和振动频率计算,排除了振动频率为负值的非局域极小点的结构,根据分子的总能量得出最稳定的同分异构体。在硫原子团簇中,除了部分原子采用一、三配位之外,大部分原子为二配位成键,带三配位的硫原子团簇的总能量较高,硫原子团簇难以生成高配位的笼状结构。从S_5开始链状结构能量高于环状,中性大分子硫原子团簇多呈链状结构。     

原子团簇Ge_7的结构与稳定性

用分子图形软件设计出多种锗原子团簇Ge7的模型,并进行B3LYP密度泛函几何构型优化和振动频率计算,得到8种稳定的同分异构体结构。在锗原子团簇中,大部分原子以三、四、五配位成键。根据分子的总能量,最稳定的Ge7构型为D5h构型。Ge7稳定结构中高配位原子越多,构型越稳定。     

原子团族Ge7的结构与稳定性

用分子图形软件设计出多种锗原子团簇Ge7的模型，并进行B3LYP密度泛函几何构型优化和振动频率计算，得到8种稳定的同分异构体结构。在锗原子团簇中，大部分原子以三、四、五配位成键。根据分子的总能量，最稳定的Ge7模型为D5h构型。Ge7稳定结构中高配位原子越多，构型越稳定。     

原子团簇Ge11同分异体的密度泛函研究

用分子图形软件设计出多种Ge_11原子团簇模型,使用B3LYP密度泛函方法进行几何构型优化和振动频率计算,比较了14种同分异构体的总能量,得到了新的基态构型。锗原子团簇的大部分原子以三、四、五和六配位成键。在Ge11原子团簇中,双角反四棱柱衍生出来的构型能量较低,它是设计大分子锗原子团簇初始模型的重要结构单元。由三棱柱演变的构型能量居中。带心结构和共边构型带有高配位原子,其总能量较高,是不稳定的结构。     

磷原子团簇同分异构体的理论研究I:P5+、P5-和P5的预测

由激光产生的磷原子团簇正离子的质谱图中呈现很强的 P5 和 P5- 谱峰。使用分子图形学方法设计出 9种可能的同分异构体 ,对其中性及正负离子分子进行了分子力学、PM3半经验量子化学和 ADF密度泛函优化。在磷原子团簇模型中 ,磷原子采用 2、3或 4配位方式成键。从各异构体成键能量的比较可得知 ,最稳定的 P5 构型是四方锥的结构 ,最稳定的 P5-构型是平面五边形的结构 ,而最稳定的 P5构型是在最稳定的 P4的增加一个 2配位原子所生成的结构     

硫原子团簇负离子的螺旋结构

在使用B3LYP密度泛函进行几何构型优化和振动频率计算得到的硫原子团簇负离子的结构中,分子的总能量最低的S9- 到 S13-的同分异构体呈螺旋状构型。另外也计算了螺旋状的Sn- (n = 14~20)的结构。大多数的的硫负离子是链状结构,这与相应中性硫原子团簇的环状构型完全不同。     

Pdn(n=2～13)团簇的密度泛函理论研究

采用密度泛函理论B3LYP方法计算并讨论钯原子团簇Pdn(n=2～13)结构模型.通过对钯原子团簇进行几何构型优化和振动频率计算,找出团簇总能量最低的同分异构体.由于Jahn-Teller效应的存在,团簇的最稳定结构采取对称性较低的几何构型.在钯原子数相同时,往往存在多个能量极为相近的稳定构型.单位原子平均静态极化率呈奇偶变化.     

铝原子Bernal多面体团簇的理论研究

将遗传算法用于铝原子团簇的构型计算.运用这种方法,从任意构型开始,较好地计算了6、8、9、10个铝原子组成的原子团簇的能量最低时的构型,发现这四种铝原子团簇的能量最低构型分别取四种Bernal多面体排列.并对得到的四种构型用密度泛函方法（DFT）进行量子化学计算,结果表明，这类构型是势能面上的极小值点,可以稳定存在.     

原子团簇P10模型的理论计算

用分子图形学方法设计出26种P10模型,并对其进行了分子力学、PM3半经验量子化学和Hartree-Fock从头算优化。在P10原子团簇模型设计中,磷原子采用一、二、三或四配位。大部分P10的模型是在P9+和P8的模型上分别增加1、2个原子生成的。这些模型包括15种在势能面上局域极小点和11种鞍点（或过渡态）。从模型优化后的能量比较可知,2个四面体P4与1个P2通过4个单键连接的桥式结构最稳定。从最稳定楔状P8可以派生多种构型,其中有一种的能量也相当低。由正四面体P4和楔状P8派生出的结构具有能量优势,它们是构造大分子磷原子团簇的重要的结构基元。在模型几何优化中,得到了带有2个一配位原子的特殊结构,它含有2个三键（1.95A）。     

丙酮团簇的多光子电离解离与结构计算

用355nm激光多光子电离解离飞行时间质谱观测到在超声分子束中形成的最多为12个分子的团簇离子及其碎片.用密度泛函方法对n=2～5的丙酮团簇结构进行计算,给出了优化构型及其基态能量.结果表明,两个丙酮分子组成团簇时稳定结构为近似垂直构型.3～5个丙酮分子组成团簇时以环状结构最稳定.     

How cationic gold clusters respond to a single sulfur atom

Results describing the interaction of a single sulfur atom with cationic gold clusters (Au(n) (+), n=1-8) using density functional theory are described. Stability of these clusters is studied through their binding energies, second order differences in the total energies, fragmentation behavior, and atom attachment energies. The lowest energy structures for these clusters appear to be three dimensional right from n=3. In most cases the sulfur atom in the structure of Au(n)S(+) is observed to displace the gold atom siting at the peripheral site of the Au(n) (+) cluster. The dissociation channels of Au(n)S(+) clusters follow the same trend as Au(n) (+) cluster, based on the even/odd number of gold atoms in the cluster, with the exception of Au(3)S(+). This cluster dissociates into Au and Au(2)S(+), signifying the relative stability of Au(2)S(+) cluster regardless of having an odd number of valence electrons. Clusters with an even number of gold atoms dissociate into Au and Au(n-1)(S)(+) and clusters with an odd number of gold atoms dissociate into Au(2) and Au(n-2)(S)(+) clusters. An empirical relation is found between the conduction molecular orbital and the number of atoms in the Au(n)S(+) cluster.     

A density functional study for the isomers of anionic sulfur clusters Sn− (n=3–20)

The signals of anionic sulfur clusters are intense in the mass spectrum of sulfur clusters generated in direct laser vaporization. We have acquired numerous isomers of sulfur clusters by means of the B3LYP DFT method. According to total energies, the most stable S_n⁻ (n=3–13) isomers are predicted. The helical S_n (n=14–20) structures are also calculated. Most of the anionic clusters are with chain configurations; the ring clusters with threefold atom(s) are higher in total energy. The most stable forms of isomers, from S₉⁻ to S₁₃⁻, show helical configurations that are completely different from those of the corresponding neutral and cationic clusters.     

Adsorption of molecular hydrogen and hydrogen sulfide on Au clusters

The authors present theoretical results describing the adsorption of H2 and H2S molecules on small neutral and cationic gold clusters (Au(n)((0/+1)), n=1-8) using density functional theory with the generalized gradient approximation. Lowest energy structures of the gold clusters along with their isomers are considered in the optimization process for molecular adsorption. The adsorption energies of H2S molecule on the cationic clusters are generally greater than those on the corresponding neutral clusters. These are also greater than the H2 adsorption energies on the corresponding cationic and neutral clusters. The adsorption energies for cationic clusters decrease with increasing cluster size. This fact is reflected in the elongations of the Au-S and Au-H bonds indicating weak adsorption as the cluster grows. In most cases, the geometry of the lowest energy gold cluster remains planar even after the adsorption. In addition, the adsorbed molecule gets adjusted such that its center of mass lies on the plane of the gold cluster. Study of the orbital charge density of the gold adsorbed H2S molecule reveals that conduction is possible through molecular orbitals other than the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital level. The dissociation of the cationic Au(n)SH2+ cluster into Au(n)S+ and H2 is preferred over the dissociation into Au(m)SH2+ and Au(n-m), where n=2-8 and m=1-(n-1). H2S adsorbed clusters with odd number of gold atoms are more stable than neighboring even n clusters.     

Structures and energetics of neutral and ionic silicon-germanium clusters: density functional theory and coupled cluster studies

We have calculated the structural and energetic properties of neutral and ionic (singly charged anionic and cationic) semiconductor binary silicon-germanium clusters Si(m)Ge(n) for s = m + n ≤ 12 using the density functional theory (DFT-B3LYP) and coupled cluster [CCSD(T)] methods with Pople's 6-311++G(3df, 3pd) basis set. Neutral and anionic clusters share similar ground state structures for s = 3-7, independent of the stoichiometry and atom locations, but start to deviate at s = 8. The relative energetic stability of the calculated ground state structures among possible isomers has been analyzed through a bond strength propensity model where the pair interactions of Si-Si, Si-Ge, and Ge-Ge are competing. Electron affinities, ionization potentials, energy gaps between the highest and lowest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMO-LUMO gaps), and cluster mixing energies were calculated and analyzed. Overall, for a fixed s, the vertical ionization potential increases as the number of silicon atoms m increases, while the vertical electron affinity shows a dip at m = 2. As s increases, the ionization potentials increase from s = 2 to s = 3 and then decrease slowly to s = 8. The mixing energies for neutral and ionic clusters are all negative, indicating that the binary clusters are more stable than pure elemental clusters. Except for s = 4 and 8, cationic clusters are more stable than anionic ones and, thus, are more likely to be observed in experiments.     

Disparate effects of Cu and V on structures of exohedral transition metal-doped silicon clusters: a combined far-infrared spectroscopic and computational study

The growth mechanisms of small cationic silicon clusters containing up to 11 Si atoms, exohedrally doped by V and Cu atoms, are described. We find that as dopants, V and Cu follow two different paths: while V prefers substitution of a silicon atom in a highly coordinated position of the cationic bare silicon clusters, Cu favors adsorption to the neutral or cationic bare clusters in a lower coordination site. The different behavior of the two transition metals becomes evident in the structures of Si(n)M(+) (n = 4-11 for M = V, and n = 6-11 for M = Cu), which are investigated by density functional theory and, for several sizes, confirmed by comparison with their experimental vibrational spectra. The spectra are measured on the corresponding Si(n)M(+)·Ar complexes, which can be formed for the exohedrally doped silicon clusters. The comparison between experimental and calculated spectra indicates that the BP86 functional is suitable to predict far-infrared spectra of these clusters. In most cases, the calculated infrared spectrum of the lowest-lying isomer fits well with the experiment, even when various isomers and different electronic states are close in energy. However, in a few cases, namely Si(9)Cu(+), Si(11)Cu(+), and Si(10)V(+), the experimentally verified isomers are not the lowest in energy according to the density functional theory calculations, but their structures still follow the described growth mechanism. The different growth patterns of the two series of doped Si clusters reflect the role of the transition metal's 3d orbitals in the binding of the dopant atoms.     

Transition metal(II) complexes of (E)-cinnamoylferrocene (S)-methylcarbodithioylhydrazone

A new organometallic ligand, (E)-cinnamoylferrocene (S)-methylcarbodithioylhydrazone (HCfmc) and six transition metal(II) complexes thereof M(Cfmc)2·nH2O (M=Co2+, Ni2+, Cu2+, Zn2+, Cd2+ and Hg2+; n=0–2) have been prepared and characterized by elemetal analyses, i.r., u.v., 1H-n.m.r. spectra, electrochemical properties, fluorescence spectra and molar conductances. The HCfmc ligand acts as a bidentate donor, coordinating to the metal ions via nitrogen and sulfur atoms with a trans-configuration.     

AgnSm^±和AunSm^±的激光产生与质谱研究

以高能量密度的脉冲激光束在高真空中直接溅射银(金)粉与硫的混合物, 产生了丰富的银-硫和金-硫二元原子族正负离子, 记录了它们的飞行时间质谱。通过对这些簇离子的组成与分布的分析, 发现了它们的一些结构规律。银硫簇离子以离子键为主, Ag2S是它们的主要结构单元, 其中Ag11S5^+和Ag9S5^-特别稳定; 金硫簇离子基本上是共价结构, 金原子间相互成键, 构成簇离子的核, 硫原子则仅与核表面的金原子配位, 其中Ag6S14^+, Au5S6^-的稳定性比较突出。     

Photodissociation of Mg+-XCH3 (X=F, Cl, Br, and I) complexes. I. Electronic spectra and dissociation pathways

Photodissociation spectra of Mg+-XCH3 (X=F, Cl, Br, and I) complexes have been measured in the ultraviolet region (225-415 nm). Several fragment ions with and without charge transfer (CT), Mg+, XCH3+, MgX+, MgCH3+, CH3+, and X+, were formed by evaporation (intermolecular bond dissociation) and intracluster reaction (intramolecular bond dissociation) via excited electronic states. Branching ratios of these ions were found to depend both on absorption bands and on halogen atoms. The ground states of the complexes were calculated to have geometries in which the Mg atom lies next to X atom of methyl halide molecules. Positive charges of the complexes are confirmed to be almost localized on Mg. Observed absorption bands were assigned to the transitions of the Mg+2P-2S atomic line perturbed by interactions with methyl halide molecules. Branching ratios of fragment ions can be partly explained by the stability of fragment ions and neutral counterparts. From the excited state potential energy curves along the Mg-X bond distance, dissociation reaction after CT was concluded to proceed predissociatively; potential curve crossings between the initially excited states and repulsive CT states may have a crucial role in the formation of CH3+, XCH3+, and X+. In particular, XCH3+ ions were formed via repulsive CT states having a character of electron excitation from Xnp to Mg+3s.