1. Alloying dichalcogenolate-protected Ag21 eight-electron nanoclusters: a DFT investigation
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Jean-Yves Saillard, Tzu-Hao Chiu, Samia Kahlal, Isaac Chantrenne, Jian-Hong Liao, Franck Gam, Chen-Wei Liu, Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), National Dong Hwa University (NDHU), France-Taiwan ANR-MOST 2018 program (project Nanoalloys), GENCI French National Computer Resource Center [A0030807367], Ministry of Science and Technology of TaiwanMinistry of Science and Technology, Taiwan [MOST 109-2113-M-259-008, 108-2923-M-259-001], ANR-18-CE09-0037,Nanoalloys,Alliages superatomiques et de structure précise riches en argent et en cuivre(2018), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), and Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Valence (chemistry) ,Materials science ,Icosahedral symmetry ,Heteroatom ,Doping ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,Nanoclusters ,Electronegativity ,Crystallography ,Atomic radius ,[CHIM]Chemical Sciences ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Luminescence - Abstract
International audience; The isoelectronic doping of dichalcogenolato nanoclusters of the type [Ag-21{E2P(OR)(2)}(12)](+) (E = S, Se) by any heteroatom belonging to groups 9-12 was systematically investigated using DFT calculations. Although they can differ in their global structure, all of these species have the same M@M-12-centered icosahedral core. In any case, the different structure types are all very close in energy. In all of them, three different alloying sites can be identified (central, icosahedral, peripheral) and calculations allowed the trends in heteroatom site occupation preference across the group 9-12 family to be revealed. These trends are supported by complementary experimental results. They were rationalized on the basis of electronegativity, potential involvement in the bonding of valence d-orbitals and atom size. TD-DFT calculations showed that the effect of doping on optical properties is sizable and this should stimulate research on the modulation of luminescence properties in the dithiolato and diseleno families of complexes.
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- 2022