基于曲率和电子结构的掺杂C50和C70富勒烯的稳定性研究

使用密度泛函理论(DFT)-B3LYP/6-31G^*方法研究了B、N、Si、P和Co在C₅₀和C₇₀中的掺杂能和电子结构, 并基于曲率理论和电子结构探讨了掺杂富勒烯的结构稳定性. 计算结果表明, 掺杂能随着原子曲率的增大而减小, 随着掺杂物种原子半径的增大而增大, B、N、P和Co的掺杂有利于C₅₀结构的稳定, 而B和N的掺杂不利于C₇₀结构的稳定; 除了用于反映原子活性的曲率主要决定掺杂反应性, 各不等价碳原子在C₅₀和C₇₀的最高占据分子轨道(HOMO)中所占成分对掺杂能的影响也很大, 且其成分越大越有利于掺杂. 此外, 掺杂原子得失电子情况与其电负性有关. 本工作将为富勒烯结构稳定性的研究提供理论依据.     

Field emission properties of N-doped capped single-walled carbon nanotubes: a first-principles density-functional study

The geometrical structures and field emission properties of pristine and N-doped capped (5,5) single-walled carbon nanotubes have been investigated using first-principles density-functional theory. The structures of N-doped carbon nanotubes are stable under field emission conditions. The calculated work function of N-doped carbon nanotube decreases drastically when compared with pristine carbon nanotube, which means the enhancement of field emission properties. The ionization potentials of N-doped carbon nanotubes are also reduced significantly. The authors analyze the field emission mechanism in terms of energy gap between the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital and the highest occupied molecular orbital, Mulliken charge population, and local density of states. Due to the doping of nitrogen atom, the local density of states at the Fermi level increases dramatically and donor states can be observed above the Fermi level. The authors' results suggest that the field emission properties of carbon nanotubes can be enhanced by the doping of nitrogen atom, which are consistent with the experimental results.     

Geometries and stabilities of Ag-doped Si n (n=1-13) clusters: a first-principles study

The structures of AgSi(n) (n=1-13) clusters are investigated using first-principles calculations. Our studies suggest that AgSi(n) clusters with n=7 and 10 are relatively stable isomers and that these clusters prefer to be exohedral rather than endohedral. Moreover, doping leaves the inner core structure of the clusters largely intact. Additionally, the plot of fragmentation energies as a function of silicon atoms shows that the AgSi(n) are favored to dissociate into one Ag atom and Si(n) clusters. Alternative pathways exist for n>7 (except n=11) in which the Ag-Si cluster dissociates into a stable Si(7) and a smaller fragment AgSi(n-7). The AgSi(11) cluster dissociates into a stable Si(10) and a small fragment AgSi. Lastly, our analysis indicates that doping of Ag atom significantly decreases the gaps between the highest occupied molecular orbital and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital for n>7.     

Electronic properties of doped molecular thin films measured by Kelvin probe force microscopy

We report on high-resolution electronic measurements of doped organic thin-film transistors using Kelvin probe force microscopy. Measurements conducted on field effect transistors made of N,NI-diphenyl-N,NI-bis(1-naphthyl)-1,1I-biphenyl-4,4I-diamine p-doped with tetrafluoro-tetracyanoquinodimethane have allowed us to determine the rich structure of the doping-induced density of states. In addition, the doping process changes only slightly the Fermi energy position with respect to the highest occupied molecular orbital level center. The moderate change is explained by two counter-acting effects on the Fermi energy position: the doping-induced additional charge and the broadening of the density of states.     

Au∕CuPc interface: a valence band photoemission investigation

The formation of the metal-organic interface depositing gold, by thermal evaporation in ultrahigh vacuum conditions, onto a copper phthalocyanine film has been studied by means of ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy. The evolution of the valence band spectra and in particular of the highest occupied molecular orbitals (HOMO) and of the Au upper states has been followed as a function of gold film thickness. The HOMO peak position is strongly influenced by the Au deposition, suggesting an n-doping process of the organic film. The gold 6s state behavior indicates the formation of small metal clusters whose size increases as a function of the gold deposited. The doping of the organic film determines a strong reduction of the film ionization energy.     

Electronic and Chemical Characterization of Aluminum–Nitrogen (AlN) Substituted Fullerenes: C58AlN to C24Al12N12

Density functional theory calculations (B3LYP/6-311G*) are applied to devise a series of AlN-substituted C₆₀ fullerenes, avoiding weak homonuclear Al–Al and N–N bonds. The substitutional structures, energy gaps between the highest occupied molecular orbital and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital, ionization potentials, binding energies, as well as dipole moments have been systematically investigated. The band gap (HOMO–LUMO gap) is larger for all the AlN-substituted fullerenes than C₆₀. The properties of heterofullerenes, especially, the HOMO–LUMO strongly depend on the number of AlN units. Natural charge analyses indicate that doping of fullerene with AlN units exerts electronic environment diversity to the cage. High charge transfer on the surfaces of our heterofullerenes provokes more studies on their possible application for hydrogen storage.     

Intriguing diaza effects on magnetic coupling characteristics in diaza‐benzo[k]tetraphene‐bridged nitroxide diradicals

We theoretically design four diaza‐benzo[k]tetraphene‐based diradical isomers ( 1, 2, 3 , and 4 ) with two nitroxide (NO) radical groups as spin sources. The calculations at the B3LYP/6‐311++G(d,p) level suggest that the diaza doping can induce the aromaticity changes and the C C bond rearrangements and, thus, remarkably affect their magnetic coupling magnitudes and even characteristics (ferromagnetic vs. antiferromagnetic). More interestingly, different diaza‐doping positions can lead to distinctly different effects, and further dielectron‐oxidation can also noticeably change the magnetic coupling magnitudes from −919.9 cm⁻¹ ( 1 ) to −158.3 cm⁻¹ ( 1 ²⁺ ) or from −105.1 cm⁻¹ ( 3 ) to −918.9 cm⁻¹ ( 3 ²⁺ ) or induce the magnetic conversions from nonmagnetism ( 2 ) to antiferromagnetism ( 2 ²⁺ , −140.1 cm⁻¹) or from ferromagnetism ( 4 , 108.9 cm⁻¹) to antiferromagnetism ( 4 ²⁺ , −462.5 cm⁻¹). Good matching of two singly occupied molecular orbitals (SOMOs) of the NO groups with the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the coupler (for 1 ), or with the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the coupler (for 3 ²⁺ and 4 ²⁺ ), available Kekulé structure (for 2 ), aromaticity variations are responsible to strong magnetic couplings. Besides, the HOMO‐LUMO energy gaps of the couplers also considerably affect the magnetic couplings. This work may open a new route for the rational design of the diaza‐benzo[k]tetraphene‐based magnetic molecular modulators or switches.     

Proton-induced Conversion from Non-Aufbau to Aufbau Electronic Structure of an Organic Radical with Turn-on Fluorescence

We report a donor-acceptor(D-A) type non-luminescent neutral radical, tris-2,4,6-trichlorophenylmethyl-N,N-dimethyl-9H-carbazol-3-amine(TTM-Cz-DMA). The results of cyclic voltammetry and quantum chemistry calculation confirm TTM-Cz-DMA has the non-Aufbau electronic structure, which means the singly occupied molecular orbital(SOMO) lies below the highest doubly occupied molecular orbital(HOMO). The non-Aufbau electronic structure changes to the Aufbau electronic structure after protonation and exhibits proton-responsive turn-on fluorescence, which is totally reversible by deprotonation. The dihedral angle between donor and acceptor moieties of TTM-Cz-DMA in excited state reduces from 88° to 62° after protonation, causing the turn-on fluorescence. Our results offer a viewing angle to understand the luminescence of radicals and provide a possible application of proton detection.     

Al7Ag and Al7Au clusters with large highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital gap

The candidate structures for the ground-state geometry of the Al(7)M (M = Li, Cu, Ag, and Au) clusters are obtained within the spin-polarized density functional theory. Absorption energy, vertical ionization potential, vertical electron affinity, and the energy gap between the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) level and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level have been calculated to investigate the effects of doping. Doping with Ag or Au can lead to a large HOMO-LUMO gap, low electron affinity, and increased ionization potential of Al(7) cluster. In the lowest-energy structure of the Al(7)Au cluster, the Al atom binding to the Al(6)Au acts monovalent and the other six Al atoms are trivalent. Thus, the Al(7)Au cluster has 20 valence electrons, and its enhanced stability may be due to the electronic shell closure effect.     

Structural and electronic properties of S-doped fullerene C58: where is the S atom situated?

Structural and electronic properties of S-doped fullerene C58 were calculated systematically via Hartree-Fock self-consistent field (SCF) and density functional B3LYP levels of theory with 6-31G(d) basis set. The most stable C58S represents an open cage structure with a nine-member ring orifice, which provides a large hole for large atoms or small molecules to pass through into the cage. The most stable endohedral S@C58 has the S atom seated near the center of the C58 cage. The calculated highest occupied molecular orbital-lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy gaps of the isomers lie in the range of 1.42-2.50 eV. The electron affinity and the ionization potential were also presented as an indicator of the kinetic stability. Our results may aid in the design of experimental methods for controlling the nature of fullerene cages (for example, doping, opening, and reclosing them).     

Effect of oxygen on the electronic structure of highly crystalline picene films

The electronic structure of highly crystalline picene films with a standing-up orientation grown epitaxially on the Ag(110) surface was investigated. Upon exposure to oxgen gas, O(2) molecules incorporate at the interstitial sites within the a-b plane of the film. Features related to the highest three occupied molecular orbitals shift toward a lower binding energy which results in the inactivation of traps and the reduction of the charge injection barrier by about 1 eV. It is suggested that the highest two picene orbitals are inverted due to the strong interactions between the singly occupied oxygen π orbital and the highest occupied orbital of picene.     

Comparison of DFT methods for molecular orbital eigenvalue calculations

We report how closely the Kohn-Sham highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) eigenvalues of 11 density functional theory (DFT) functionals, respectively, correspond to the negative ionization potentials (-IPs) and electron affinities (EAs) of a test set of molecules. We also report how accurately the HOMO-LUMO gaps of these methods predict the lowest excitation energies using both time-independent and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT). The 11 DFT functionals include the local spin density approximation (LSDA), five generalized gradient approximation (GGA) functionals, three hybrid GGA functionals, one hybrid functional, and one hybrid meta GGA functional. We find that the HOMO eigenvalues predicted by KMLYP, BH&HLYP, B3LYP, PW91, PBE, and BLYP predict the -IPs with average absolute errors of 0.73, 1.48, 3.10, 4.27, 4.33, and 4.41 eV, respectively. The LUMOs of all functionals fail to accurately predict the EAs. Although the GGA functionals inaccurately predict both the HOMO and LUMO eigenvalues, they predict the HOMO-LUMO gap relatively accurately (approximately 0.73 eV). On the other hand, the LUMO eigenvalues of the hybrid functionals fail to predict the EA to the extent that they include HF exchange, although increasing HF exchange improves the correspondence between the HOMO eigenvalue and -IP so that the HOMO-LUMO gaps are inaccurately predicted by hybrid DFT functionals. We find that TD-DFT with all functionals accurately predicts the HOMO-LUMO gaps. A linear correlation between the calculated HOMO eigenvalue and the experimental -IP and calculated HOMO-LUMO gap and experimental lowest excitation energy enables us to derive a simple correction formula.     

Analyzing the electric response of molecular conductors using “electron deformation” orbitals and occupied‐virtual electron transfer

The concept of “electron deformation orbitals” (EDOs) is used to investigate the electric response of conducting metals and oligophenyl chains. These orbitals and their eigenvalues are obtained by diagonalization of the deformation density matrix (difference between the density matrices of the perturbed and unperturbed systems) and can be constructed as linear combinations of the unperturbed molecular orbitals within “frozen geometry” conditions. This form of the EDOs allows calculating the part of the electron deformation density associated to an effective electron transfer from occupied to virtual orbitals (valence to conduction band electron transfer in the band model of conductivity). It is found that the “electron deformation” orbitals pair off, displaying the same eigenvalue but opposite sign. Each pair represents an amount of accumulation/depletion of electron charge at different molecular regions. In the oligophenyl systems investigated only one pair contributes effectively to the charge flow between molecular ends, resulting from the promotion of electrons from occupied orbitals to close in energy virtual orbitals of appropriate symmetry and overlapping. Analysis of this pair along explains the differences in conductance of olygophenyl chains based on phenyl units. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Low energy (e,2e) studies from CH4: results from symmetric coplanar experiments and molecular three-body distorted wave theory

Low energy experimental and theoretical triply differential cross sections are presented for electron impact ionization of methane (CH(4)) for both the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and next highest occupied molecular orbital (NHOMO). The HOMO is a predominantly p-type orbital which is labeled 1t(2) and the NHOMO is predominantly s-type labeled 2a(1). Coplanar symmetric (symmetric both in final state electron energies and observation angles) are presented for final state electron energies ranging from 2.5 to 20 eV. The theoretical M3DW (molecular three-body distorted wave) results are in surprisingly good agreement with experiment for the HOMO state and less satisfactory agreement for the NHOMO state. The molecular NHOMO results are also compared with the ionization of the 2s shell of neon which is the isoelectronic atom.     

Effect of PCBM Concentration on Photoluminescence Properties of Composite MEH‐PPV/PCBM Nanoparticles Investigated by a Franck–Condon Analysis of Single‐Particle Emission Spectra

The emission of composite conjugated polymer (MEH‐PPV)/fullerene (PCBM) nanoparticles is investigated by single particle spectroscopy (SPS), and changes in vibronic structure with nanoparticle composition are evaluated by means of a detailed Franck–Condon analysis. Consistent with previous reports we find that the emission spectra can be modeled as the superposition of two types of emitters, one with aggregate character and one with molecular character. Major findings from the fitting of the SPS data to a Franck–Condon model are that 1) the occurrence of each of the two types of emitters changes with nanoparticle composition to the point that no aggregate emitters are detected (at 50 wt % PCBM), 2) at the highest PCBM doping levels (75 wt % PCBM) aggregate emitters reappear due to nanoscale phase separation in the composite nanoparticles, 3) the molecular emitters show small Huang–Rhys factors that increase with PCBM doping, indicative of extensive delocalization and exciton migration that is reduced by the disorder introduced in the polymer material by PCBM doping and 4) the aggregate emitters show large Huang–Rhys factors, indicative of the localized nature of these energy trap sites, with a broad distribution of values of these Huang–Rhys factors. The latter observation suggests a broad heterogeneous distribution of aggregate morphologies in blended conducting polymer materials, which can be attributed to variations in polymer chain folding and stacking at the aggregate sites. The reported results obtained by the SPS approach show how blending conjugated polymers with fullerenes at various doping levels induces changes in interchain interactions and aggregate site density even at length scales below a few tens of nanometers that affect conjugated polymer material properties, an observation that has gone unnoticed in bulk studies of blended conjugated polymer films.     

Electrochemical and optical properties of novel donor‐acceptor thiophene‐perylene‐thiophene polymers

In this study, donor‐acceptor type thiophene‐perylene‐thiophene monomers were synthesized and polymerized by both oxidative polymerization using FeCl₃ as catalyst and the electrochemical process. UV–vis, FTIR, ¹H NMR, and elemental analysis techniques were used for structural characterization. Thermal behaviors of these compounds were determined by using TGA system. The highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy levels and electrochemical and optical band gap values were calculated by using the results of cyclic voltammetry and UV–vis measurements, respectively. The number–average molecular weight (M_n), weight–average molecular weight (M_w), and polydispersity index (PDI) values of synthesized polymers were determined by size exclusion chromatography. Conductivity measurements of these polymers were carried out by electrometer by using a four‐point probe technique. The conductivity was observed to be increased by iodine doping. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem 46: 1974–1989, 2008     

Multi‐Field Effect on the Electronic Properties of Silicon Nanowires

The quantum confinement and electronic properties of silicon nanowires (SiNWs) under an external strain field ε and an electric field E —as well as both (ε plus E )—are systematically investigated using density functional theory. These two fields exist in working environments of integrated circuits. It is found that both ε and E lead to a drop of the band gap E_g(ε, E ) of the SiNWs. If both fields coexist, the interaction between ε and E causes that E_g(ε, E ) becomes orientation‐dependent, which results from variations of both the conduction‐band minimum and the valence‐band maximum. The interaction is further illustrated by the density of states near the Fermi level and the eigenvalue of the highest occupied molecular orbital.     

Resonant processes and Coulomb interactions in (C59N)2

We have determined the on-site molecular Coulomb interaction energy U of a (C59N)2 bulk film and find values ranging from 1.10+/-0.10 eV for the highest occupied molecular orbital to 1.35+/-0.10 eV for the deeper lying orbitals, comparable to values found in C60. The on-site Coulomb interaction between a carbon core hole and valence electrons, Uc, is, however, substantially lower than in C60 at 1.35+/-0.07 eV. Resonant photoemission (RESPES) results show a weakened participator decay channel, especially around the N 1s threshold, where resonance of the highest occupied molecular orbital shoulder is absent. Near-edge x-ray absorption fine structure and constant initial state measurements, taken in parallel with the RESPES data, indicate, however, that matrix element effects cannot be ruled out.     

Synthese und EPR-spektroskopie dicyclopentadienylanaloger der schlenkschen und tschitschibabinschen kohlenwasserstoffe

The synthesis of several hydrocarbon biradicals consisting of two tetraphenylcyclopentadienyl moieties with different bridge fragments is described. The ESR powder spectra show that there is an intramolecular coupling of two unpaired electron spins to a triplet spin state. The magnitude of the zero field splitting (zfs) is used to discriminate between different molecular conformations. More detailed structural informations are obtained from the observed zfs by quantummechanical calculations of the zfs-parameter D as a function of various torsional angles and cis- or trans-orientations of molecular fragments. The behaviour of the four highest occupied MO's with respect to structural changes in the biradicals is discussed.     

还原态卤代聚苯胺能带结构及掺杂导电机理的研究

用ＥＨＭＯ－ＣＯ方法研究了卤代聚苯胺的能带结构及其掺杂导电机理，结果表明，在掺杂态卤代聚苯胺中形成单极化子晶格；取代主要通过改变带宽影响电导率，由掺杂而大幅度地提高了电导率是因为大大缩小了带隙，并进一步证实了外层ｄ轨道的成键作用。