Communication: In search of four-atom chiral metal clusters

Authors

Xinxing Zhang, Johns Hopkins University
Bradley Visser, Technische Universitat Munchen
Martin Tschurl, Technische Universitat Munchen
Evan Collins, Johns Hopkins University
Yi Wang, Johns Hopkins University
Qian Wang, Peking University, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityFollow
Yawei Li, Peking University
Qiang Sun, Peking University, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityFollow
Puru Jena, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityFollow
Gerd Gantefoer, Johns Hopkins University, Universitaet Konstanz
Ulrich Boesl, Technische Universitat Munchen
Ulrich Heiz, Technische Universitat MunchenFollow
Kit H. Bowen Jr., Johns Hopkins UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2013

Journal/Book/Conference Title

The Journal of Chemical Physics

Volume

139

Issue

11

DOI of Original Publication

10.1063/1.4821766

Comments

Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4821766

Date of Submission

October 2015

Abstract

A combined study utilizing anion photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory was conducted to search for four-atom, chiral, metal, and mostly metal clusters. The clusters considered were AuCoMnBi−/0, AlAuMnO−/0, AgMnOAl−/0, and AuAlPtAg−/0, where the superscripts, −/0, refer to anionic and neutral cluster species, respectively. Based on the agreement of experimentally and theoretically determined values of both electron affinities and vertical detachment energies, the calculated cluster geometries were validated and examined for chirality. Among both anionic and neutral clusters, five structures were identified as beingchiral.

Rights

Zhang, X., Visser, B., & Tschurl, M., et al. Communication: In search of four-atom chiral metal clusters. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 139, 111101 (2013). Copyright © 2013 AIP Publishing LLC.

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VCU Physics Publications