A remarkable mixture of germanium with phosphorus and arsenic atoms making stable pentagonal hetero-prisms , E = P, As and M = Fe, Ru, Os

A pentagonal hetero-prismatic structural motif was found for singly transition metal doped M@Ge 5 E 5 + clusters, where the transition metal atom is located at the centre of a (5/5) Ge 5 E 5 prism in which Ge is mixed with either P or As atoms. Structural characterization indicates that each (5/5) G...

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Published in:RSC advances 2020-05, Vol.1 (34), p.19781-19789
Main Authors: Pham, Hung Tan, Phan, Cam-Tu Dang, Nguyen, Minh Tho, Tam, Nguyen Minh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arsenic
Atomic properties
Atomic structure
Bonding strength
Chemistry
Germanium
Prisms
Stability analysis
Strings
Structural analysis
Transition metals
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Summary:A pentagonal hetero-prismatic structural motif was found for singly transition metal doped M@Ge 5 E 5 + clusters, where the transition metal atom is located at the centre of a (5/5) Ge 5 E 5 prism in which Ge is mixed with either P or As atoms. Structural characterization indicates that each (5/5) Ge 5 E 5 prism is established by joining of two Ge 3 E 2 and Ge 2 E 3 strings in a prismatic fashion rather than two Ge 5 and E 5 strings. Each string results from a remarkable mixture of Ge and E atoms and contains only one E-E connection due to the fact that Ge-E bonds are much stronger than E-E connections. From the donor-acceptor perspective, the Ge 5 E 5 tube donates electrons to the M center, which behaves as an acceptor. NBO atomic charge and ELI_D analyses demonstrate such electrostatic interactions of the M dopant with a Ge 5 E 5 + tube which likely induce thermodynamic stability for the resulting M@Ge 5 E 5 + cluster. CMO analysis illustrates that the conventional 18 electron count is recovered in the M@Ge 5 E 5 + cations. Geometric shape of the lowest-energy structure M@Ge 5 E 5 + .
ISSN:2046-2069
2046-2069
DOI:10.1039/d0ra01316a