Structure of small TiCn clusters: A theoretical study |
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Authors: | Laura Largo, Alvaro Cimas, Pilar Redondo, Ví ctor M. Ray n,Carmen Barrientos |
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Affiliation: | aDepartamento de Química Física y Química Inorgánica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain |
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Abstract: | A theoretical study of the TiCn (n = 1–8) clusters has been carried out at the B3LYP/6-311+G(d) level. Molecular properties for three different isomers, namely linear, cyclic, and fan species, have been determined. The fan isomers, where the titanium atom is essentially side-bonded to the entire Cn unit, are predicted to be more stable than both linear and cyclic isomers. Only for the largest studied species, TiC8, the cyclic isomer is located lower in energy. An even–odd parity effect in the incremental binding energies is observed for the three isomers, n-even species being in general more stable for linear and fan isomers, whereas for the cyclic species n-odd clusters are favoured. A topological analysis of the electronic charge density shows that all cyclic isomers correspond to true monocyclic rings, whereas for the fan species a variety of different connectivities has been observed. |
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Keywords: | Titanium Carbon clusters Density functional theory Structure Stability |
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