Multiple ionization and fragmentation of negatively charged fullerene ions by electron impact

Cross sections for the electron-impact multiple ionization and fragmentation of negatively charged fullerene ions C(-)(n) ( n = 60, 70) to C(q+)(n-m) ( q = 1,2,3 and m = 0,2,4) have been measured for electron energies up to 1 keV. In the case of pure ionization all threshold energies are about 10 eV higher than the values expected. This shift, however, is not observed for the fragment ions. The experimental data indicate that there is no strong electron-electron interaction between the incident electron and the attached electron. A novel ionization mechanism is proposed which can be expected to be valid for all negatively charged molecular or cluster ions which are able to shield the attached electron from the incident electron.     

含O3MoS3单元的配合物[Mox（CO）y（O,S—C6H4—1,2）3FezLm[^n—（x=1,2或3,y=0,3

用红外光谱研究标题配合物的结构,得到了很有意义的结果。     

Intermolecular coulomb decay at weakly coupled heterogeneous interfaces

Surface ejection of H(+)(H(2)O)(n=1-8) from low energy electron irradiated water clusters adsorbed on graphite and graphite with overlayers of Ar, Kr or Xe results from intermolecular Coulomb decay (ICD) at the mixed interface. Inner valence holes in water (2a(1)(-1)), Ar (3s(-1)), Kr (4s(-1)), and Xe (5s(-1)) correlate with the cluster appearance thresholds and initiate ICD. Proton transfer occurs during or immediately after ICD and the resultant Coulomb explosion leads to H(+)(H(2)O)(n=1-8) desorption with kinetic energies that vary with initiating state, final state, and interatomic or molecular distances.     

Stimulated desorption of cations from pristine and acidic low-temperature water ice surfaces

Electron-impact ionization of low-temperature water ice leads to H+, H+2, and H+(H2O)(n=1-8) desorption. The 22 eV H+ desorption threshold is correlated with localized 2-hole 1-electron and 2-hole final states which Coulomb explode, while the 22 eV H+2 threshold is due to H2O+ unimolecular dissociation. The 70 eV primary cluster ion threshold is consistent with holes in the 2a(1) level and secondary ionization channels. All cation yields are sensitive to local structural changes and probe surface acidity. The cluster size distribution indicates hole-hole screening distances of 1-2 nm.     

Aun（n=2—9）团簇的几何结构和电子特性

采用密度泛函DFT中的 B3LYP 方法，选择LANL2DZ基组，对Aun（n＝2—9）小团簇的各种可能结构进行优化，得到了它们的基态平衡结构并计算出其原子化能.研究表明：随着团簇尺寸的增大，单个原子的平均原子化能逐渐增大.同时分析了团簇的能级分布、最高占据轨道与最低空轨道之间形成的能级间隙.计算出了电子亲和能和电离势，计算值与实验值非常接近.最后分析了费米能级、电子亲和能和电离势形成“奇－偶”振荡效应的原因. 关键词： Au团簇 平衡几何结构 能隙 电子性质     

Cun(n=2-20)团簇的稳定性和电子性质的密度泛函研究

采用密度泛函理论中的PW91/DNP方法研究了Cun(n=2~20)团簇的稳定性和电子性质。结果表明：在n=2~8区间,平均结合能曲线几乎呈现线性增长;在n=9~20区间,平均结合能曲线相对较平缓。Cun(n=4, 7, 8, 17)团簇相对较稳定。Cun(n=2, 4, 8, 13, 19)团簇的能隙值相对较大,化学活性较弱。在n=2~20区间,垂直电离能略微大于绝热电离能, 绝热亲和能略微大于垂直亲和能。在n=2~9区间,电离能曲线呈现出显著的奇—偶振荡效应,即n为偶数团簇的电离能比临近奇数团簇的要大;亲和能曲线呈现出同电离能曲线相反的奇—偶振荡效应。     

Cu原子掺杂在Al团簇中的结构和电子性质

利用密度泛函理论,对Al_n(n=1～15)团簇中掺杂Cu原子后的双金属团簇进行了研究,在结构优化的基础上,同时计算了双金属团簇的电子性质,即电子亲和能、电离势、Cu原子的Mulliken分布、平均极化率、极化率的各向异性、偶极矩及HOMO-LUMO能隙随团簇尺寸增加时的变化情况. 结果表明,Cu掺杂Al团簇的双金属团簇中也存在幻数结构,团簇的电子性质随团簇尺寸大小出现不规则的奇偶振荡变化. n=13的团簇电子亲和能和电离势与毗邻团簇相比,其变化要大于0.3和0.6 eV.     

甲醇/水混合团簇的多光子电离质谱研究

利用多光子电离技术结合飞行时间质谱仪对甲醇/水混合团簇进行了研究.在脉冲激光波长为355 nm条件下观测到团簇离子.主要的电离产物为质子化的(CH3OH)n(H2O)H+(n=l-13)混合团簇离子与(CH3OH)nH+团簇离子,经分析(CH3OH)1o(H2O) H+和(CH3OH)3H+为幻数结构.甲醇水混合团簇电离后团簇离子发生内部质子化转移反应是形成质子化团簇离子的主要原因.不同尺寸团簇离子信号强度随电离激光光强变化的光强指数曲线显示,团簇均发生四光子电离过程.     

Agn(n=2～10)团簇的几何结构和电子特性

应用密度泛函理论中B3LYP/LANL2DZ 方法优化计算并分析了Agn(n=2～10)团簇的基态几何结构及电子性质.同时计算和讨论了银团簇的原子化能、能级分布、能级间隙、电子亲和能和电离势,所得理论计算值与实验值符合较好.研究结果表明:银小团簇的结构不同于块体,且随团簇尺寸大小而相应变化,原子化能和电子亲和势随原子尺寸的增加而增加,团簇的费米能级、电子亲和势和电离势随团簇大小变化具有明显的奇偶振荡特性,并对此作了分析.团簇的电子性质和几何结构之间的密切关系及其随团簇尺寸大小变化的规律,可以从理论上确定团簇的最稳定结构,并可对实验观测结果做出解释.     

Density functional investigation of structural and electronic properties of small bimetallic silver–gold clusters

Structural and electronic properties of bimetallic silver–gold clusters up to eight atoms are investigated by the density functional theory using Wu and Cohen generalized gradient approximation functional. By substitution of Ag and Au atoms, in the optimized lowest energy structures of pure gold and silver clusters, we determine the ground state conformations of the bimetallic silver–gold ones. We reveal that Ag atoms prefer internal positions whereas Au atoms prefer exposed ones favoring charge transfer from Ag to Au atoms. For each size and composition, binding energy, HOMO–LUMO gap, magnetic moment, vertical ionization potential, electron affinity and chemical hardness were calculated. On increasing the size of the cluster by varying number of Ag atoms with fixed number of Au ones, vertical ionization potential and electron affinity show obvious odd–even oscillations consistent with the pure Ag and Au clusters. Au atoms inclusion in the cluster increases the binding energy and vertical ionization potential, indicating higher stability as the number of Au atoms grows. The variation of chemical hardness with the composition in a cluster with the same size shows peaks when the number of Ag atoms is greater than or equal to Au ones, corresponding to transition from planar to tri-dimensional structures. For clusters with even number of atoms, the peaks indicate that the clusters with the same number of Ag and Au atoms are the most stable ones. Analyzing the density of states, we found that increasing the concentration of Ag atoms affects the energy separation between the HOMO and the low lying occupied states.     

Cu~+、Ag~+、Au~+与乙硫醇的气相化学反应

利用激光溅射 分子束的技术 ,结合反射飞行时间质谱计 ,研究了Cu+、Ag+、Au+与乙硫醇的气相化学反应。结果显示这三种金属离子与 (CH3 CH2 SH) n 反应形成一系列团簇离子M+(CH3 CH2 SH) n,且团簇离子尺寸不一样。Ag+、Au+与乙硫醇的反应还生成了 (CH3 CH2 SH) +n ,由此推测Cu+、Ag+、Au+与乙硫醇团簇的反应存在两种通道 ,一种通道是生成M+(CH3 CH2 SH) n,另一种是生成 (CH3 CH2 SH) +n 。Cu+、Au+与乙硫醇的反应还生成了M+(H2 S) (M =Cu、Au) ,但是实验中没有观察到Ag+(H2 S) ,理论计算表明Ag+(H2 S)很不稳定。另外 ,分析产物离子M+(CH3 CH2 SH) n 的强度发现 ,n =1～ 2之间存在明显的强度突变现象     

Highly charged clusters of fullerenes: charge mobility and appearance sizes

Clusters of fullerenes (C60,C70)(n) are produced in a gas aggregation source and are multiply ionized in collisions with highly charged Xe(20+,30+) ions. Their stabilities and decay processes are analyzed with high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Fullerene clusters in charge states up to q=5 have been observed and appearance sizes are found to be as small as n(app)=5, 10, 21, and 33 for q=2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively. The analysis of the multicoincident fragmentation spectra indicates a high charge mobility. This is in contrast to charge localization effects which have been reported for Ar(q+)(n) rare gas clusters. Clusters of fullerenes are found to be conducting when multiply charged.     

(MgO)(-)(n) (n = 1-5) clusters: multipole-bound anions and photodetachment spectroscopy

Photoelectron spectra of (MgO)(-)(n) (n = 1-5) reveal a surprising trend: The electron binding energy decreases from n = 1 to 4, and then increases from 4 to 5. Ab initio calculations suggest this pattern is related to the electrostatic interaction between the extra electron and the charge distribution of the neutral cluster. This interaction is significant in MgO (-) and (MgO)-5, for which the lowest nonvanishing multipole moment (LNM) is a dipole; it is smaller for (MgO)-2 and (MgO)-3, for which a quadrupole is the LNM; and it is the smallest for (MgO)-4, for which an octopole is the LNM. The cubic (MgO)-4 is the first octopole-bound anion yet observed experimentally and characterized theoretically.     

小尺寸金属钨团簇的密度泛函研究

在相对论原子实势(RECP)近似下,采用密度泛函理论B3LYP方法对Wn(n=2~7)团簇进行优化,得出稳定的平衡几何结构。并计算了垂直电离能,最高占据轨道(HOMO)与最低非占据轨道(LOMO)之间的能隙。得出小尺寸金属钨团簇失去电子的能力随原子个数的增加而增大,W3的稳定性最好的结论。     

A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Study on the Formation of Ag Filaments on β‐Ag2MoO4 Induced by Electron Irradiation

A combined experimental and theoretical study is presented to understand the novel observed nucleation and early evolution of Ag filaments on β‐Ag₂MoO₄ crystals, driven by an accelerated electron beam from an electronic microscope under high vacuum. The growth process, chemical composition, and the element distribution in these filaments are analyzed in depth at the nanoscale level using field‐emission scanning electron microscopy (FE‐SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) with energy‐dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) characterization. To complement experimental results, chemical stability, structural and electronic aspects have been studied systematically using first‐principles electronic structure theory within a quantum theory of atoms in molecules (QTAIM) framework. The Ag nucleation and formation on β‐Ag₂MoO₄ are a result of structural and electronic changes of the AgO₄ tetrahedral cluster as a constituent building block of β‐Ag₂MoO₄, consistent with Ag metallic formation. The formation of Ag filament transforms the β‐Ag₂MoO₄ semiconductor from n‐ to p‐type concomitant with the appearance of Ag defects.     

NMR paramagnetic relaxation enhancement: test of the controlling influence of zfs rhombicity for S = 1

Prior theoretical work has predicted that the NMR paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (NMR-PRE) produced by electron spin S = 1 ions is highly sensitive to orthorhombic terms in the static zero field splitting (zfs) tensor. Zfs orthorhombicity (which implies chemical inequivalence of the three principal directions of the zfs-principal axis system and is described by the zfs E-parameter) is predicted to suppress the NMR-PRE profoundly relative to the reference cylindrical zfs-limit situation. This expectation was tested experimentally by a comparison of the zfs-limit NMR-PRE produced by [Ni(II)(en)(3)](2+) (en = ethylenediamine), a trigonal complex which lacks zfs-rhombicity, with the zfs-limit NMR-PRE produced by two orthorhombic complexes, [Ni(II)(en)(2)(H(2)O)(2)](2+) and [Ni(II)(en)(H(2)O)(4)](2+). As predicted, the zfs-limit NMR-PRE produced by the orthorhombic complexes in the proton resonance of a dioxane probe species in the solvent was strongly suppressed (by factors of approximately 5 and 7, respectively) relative to the comparable measurement on the trigonal complex. The suppression of the NMR-PRE due to the orthorhombic zfs terms is counteracted by an applied Zeeman field, leading to a predicted rise in the NMR-PRE with increasing Zeeman field strength; this rise occurs when the Zeeman energy is comparable to the orthorhombic zfs splitting, 2E. This second prediction of theory was likewise confirmed: the expected rhombicity-induced magnetic field dependence in the NMR-PRE was observed for the orthorhombic complexes but not for the trigonal complex.     

First-Principles Study of Geometries,Stabilities and Electronic Properties of Ca2Sin （n=1-11） Clusters

The equilibrium geometries, relative stabilities, and electronic properties of Ca2Sin （n = 1-11） clusters have been systematically investigated by using the density function theory at the 6-311G （d） level The optimized geometries indicate that the most stable isomers have three-dimensional structures for n = 3-11. The electronic properties of Ca2 Sin （n = 1-11） dusters axe obtained through the analysis of the natural charge population, natural electron configuration, vertical ionization potential, and vertical electron affinity. The results show that the charges in corresponding Ca2Sin clusters transfer from the Ca atoms to the Sin host. Based on the obtained lowest-energy geometries, the size dependence of cluster properties, such as averaged binding energies, fragmentation energies, second-order energy differences, HOMO- LUMO gaps and chemical hardness, are deeply discussed.     

Nin(n≤8)团簇的结构

用高斯程序的B3LYP交换相关函数和全电子基组DGDZVP、TZVP优化Ni_n、Ni_n⁺和Ni_n^-(n=2~8),得到这些体系的基态几何构型、离化能、电子亲和能及键能.结果表明:Ni₂,Ni₃,Ni₄,Ni₅和Ni₆团簇的基态分别是5,7,9,11和13重态.表明:Ni₂,Ni₃,Ni₄,Ni₅和Ni₆团簇中分别有4,6,8,10和12个平行自旋的电子,在每一个Ni_n团簇中非耦合的电子最多,这些电子占据不同的轨道,导致每一个Ni_n团簇的能量最小,说明在这些Ni_n团簇中电子平行的效应大于电子耦合的效应,这显然与d电子的离域效应有关,称为自旋极化效应,符合宏特规则.Ni_n、Ni_n⁺和Ni_n^-(n=2~8)体系的磁矩分别是Ni_n具有8μ_B(n=6~8),Ni_n⁺具有9μ_B(n=6~8),Ni_n具有7μ_B(n=4~8).     

Effects of a parallel magnetic field on the metal-insulator transition in a dilute two-dimensional electron system

The temperature dependence of conductivity sigma(T) of a two-dimensional electron system in silicon has been studied in parallel magnetic fields B. At B = 0, the system displays a metal-insulator transition at a critical electron density n(c)(0), and dsigma/dT>0 in the metallic phase. At low fields ( B < or approximately equal to 2 T), n(c) increases as n(c)(B)-n(c)(0) proportional, variant Bbeta ( beta approximately 1), and the zero-temperature conductivity scales as sigma(n(s),B,T = 0)/sigma(n(s),0,0) = f(B(beta)/delta(n)), where delta(n) = [n(s)-n(c)(0)]/n(c)(0) and n(s) is electron density, as expected for a quantum phase transition. The metallic phase persists in fields of up to 18 T, consistent with the saturation of n(c) at high fields.     

Multistep ionization of argon clusters in intense femtosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses

The interaction of intense extreme ultraviolet femtosecond laser pulses (lambda = 32.8 nm) from the FLASH free electron laser (FEL) with clusters has been investigated by means of photoelectron spectroscopy and modeled by Monte Carlo simulations. For laser intensities up to 5x10(13) W/cm(2), we find that the cluster ionization process is a sequence of direct electron emission events in a developing Coulomb field. A nanoplasma is formed only at the highest investigated power densities where ionization is frustrated due to the deep cluster potential. In contrast with earlier studies in the IR and vacuum ultraviolet spectral regime, we find no evidence for electron emission from plasma heating processes.