Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Peeling the onion: a revised model of the electron count for matryoshka clusters. |
| Authors: |
Sheong, Fu Kit1, Chen, Wen-Jie1, Kim, Hwon1, Lin, Zhenyang1 |
| Source: |
Dalton Transactions: An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 4/28/2015, Vol. 44 Issue 16, p7251-7257. 7p. |
| Subjects: |
Inorganic chemistry, Electron counters, Heterogeneous catalysis, Natural population analysis (Atomic orbitals), Density functional theory, Inorganic synthesis |
| Abstract: |
We have provided a model for understanding two isoelectronic matryoshka clusters, [Sn@Cu12@Sn20]12− and [As@Ni12@As20]3−. By dividing each of the clusters in a layer-by-layer manner and allowing each layer to follow a simple electron-filling rule, we can formulate a consistent model to explain experimental and computed properties of both matryoshka clusters that cannot be adequately explained by existing models. By analysing these clusters in a way analogous to peeling an onion, we can not only have an understanding of the structure and bonding of the two matryoshka clusters under study, but also have a generalizable model to handle certain p/d-block@d-block endohedral clusters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
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