Architecture, electronic structure and stability of TM@Ge(n) (TM = Ti, Zr and Hf; n = 1-20) clusters: a density functional modeling.

Abstract:

:The present study reports the geometry, electronic structure and properties of neutral and anionic transition metal (TM = Ti, Zr and Hf)) doped germanium clusters containing 1 to 20 germanium atoms within the framework of linear combination of atomic orbitals density functional theory under spin polarized generalized gradient approximation. Different parameters, like, binding energy (BE), embedding energy (EE), energy gap between the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals (HOMO-LUMO), ionization energy (IP), electron affinity (EA), chemical potential etc. of the energetically stable clusters (ground state cluster) in each size are calculated. From the variation of these parameters with the size of the clusters the most stable cluster within the range of calculation is identified. It is found that the clusters having 20 valence electrons turn out to be relatively more stable in both the neutral and the anionic series. The sharp drop in IP as the valence electron count increases from 20 to 21 in neutral cluster is in agreement with predictions of shell models. To study the vibrational nature of the clusters, IR and Raman spectrum of some selected TM@Ge(n) (n = 15,16,17) clusters are also calculated and compared. In the end, relevance of calculated results to the design of Ge-based super-atoms is discussed.

journal_name

J Mol Model

authors

Kumar M,Bhattacharyya N,Bandyopadhyay D

doi

10.1007/s00894-011-1122-4

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-01-01 00:00:00

pages

405-18

issue

1

eissn

1610-2940

issn

0948-5023

journal_volume

18

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