Monoatomic Chains Deposited onto Silicon Steps Studied by Density Functional and Scattering Theories

2006 ◽  
Vol 959 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Mazzone
Keyword(s):  
Binding Energy ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Linear Chains ◽  
Chain Composition ◽  
Atomic Chains ◽  
Central Result ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The One ◽  
Semi Empirical

ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study is the assessment of the properties of deposited atomic chains. Therefore linear chains of covalent and metallic atoms, i.e. As and Ag,deposited onto monolayer SA steps onto Si(100) have been considered. Their study is based on a semi-empirical Hamiltonian, used for the evaluation of both the electronic structure and the conductance, and the calaculations analyze the binding energy of chains of variable length deposited onto steps in the light of the analogous energy of free-standing chains and of chains deposited onto the Si(100) surface. This comparison shows that the stability of the chains has a primary dependence on the type of the substrate, rather than on the chain length and composition, and increases in the order: free standing,deposited onto SA,deposited onto Si(100). The central result of the calculations of the conductance is that the dependence on the type of the substrate and on the chain composition parallels the one of the binding energy.

Structure, Stability and Water Adsorption on Ultra-Thin TiO2 Supported on TiN

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Julio Gutierrez Moreno ◽  
Marco Fronzi ◽  
Pierre Lovera ◽  
alan O'Riordan ◽  
Mike J Ford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Water Adsorption ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Molecular Water ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Rutile Structure ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The One

<p></p><p>Interfacial metal-oxide systems with ultrathin oxide layers are of high interest for their use in catalysis. In this study, we present a density functional theory (DFT) investigation of the structure of ultrathin rutile layers (one and two TiO<sub>2</sub> layers) supported on TiN and the stability of water on these interfacial structures. The rutile layers are stabilized on the TiN surface through the formation of interfacial Ti–O bonds. Charge transfer from the TiN substrate leads to the formation of reduced Ti<sup>3+</sup> cations in TiO<sub>2.</sub> The structure of the one-layer oxide slab is strongly distorted at the interface, while the thicker TiO<sub>2</sub> layer preserves the rutile structure. The energy cost for the formation of a single O vacancy in the one-layer oxide slab is only 0.5 eV with respect to the ideal interface. For the two-layer oxide slab, the introduction of several vacancies in an already non-stoichiometric system becomes progressively more favourable, which indicates the stability of the highly non-stoichiometric interfaces. Isolated water molecules dissociate when adsorbed at the TiO<sub>2</sub> layers. At higher coverages the preference is for molecular water adsorption. Our ab initio thermodynamics calculations show the fully water covered stoichiometric models as the most stable structure at typical ambient conditions. Interfacial models with multiple vacancies are most stable at low (reducing) oxygen chemical potential values. A water monolayer adsorbs dissociatively on the highly distorted 2-layer TiO<sub>1.75</sub>-TiN interface, where the Ti<sup>3+</sup> states lying above the top of the valence band contribute to a significant reduction of the energy gap compared to the stoichiometric TiO<sub>2</sub>-TiN model. Our results provide a guide for the design of novel interfacial systems containing ultrathin TiO<sub>2</sub> with potential application as photocatalytic water splitting devices.</p><p></p>

scholarly journals One-Dimensional Organic–Inorganic Material (C6H9N2)2BiCl5: From Synthesis to Structural, Spectroscopic, and Electronic Characterizations

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 2030
Author(s):  
Hela Ferjani ◽  
Hammouda Chebbi ◽  
Mohammed Fettouhi
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Crystal Packing ◽  
Diffuse Reflectance Spectrum ◽  
Enrichment Ratio ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Organic Part ◽  
Fukui Indices ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The One

The new organic–inorganic compound (C6H9N2)2BiCl5 (I) has been grown by the solvent evaporation method. The one-dimensional (1D) structure of the allylimidazolium chlorobismuthate (I) has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes in the centrosymmetric space group C2/c and consists of 1-allylimidazolium cations and (1D) chains of the anion BiCl52−, built up of corner-sharing [BiCl63−] octahedra which are interconnected by means of hydrogen bonding contacts N/C–H⋯Cl. The intermolecular interactions were quantified using Hirshfeld surface analysis and the enrichment ratio established that the most important role in the stability of the crystal structure was provided by hydrogen bonding and H···H interactions. The highest value of E was calculated for the contact N⋯C (6.87) followed by C⋯C (2.85) and Bi⋯Cl (2.43). These contacts were favored and made the main contribution to the crystal packing. The vibrational modes were identified and assigned by infrared and Raman spectroscopy. The optical band gap (Eg = 3.26 eV) was calculated from the diffuse reflectance spectrum and showed that we can consider the material as a semiconductor. The density functional theory (DFT) has been used to determine the calculated gap, which was about 3.73 eV, and to explain the electronic structure of the title compound, its optical properties, and the stability of the organic part by the calculation of HOMO and LUMO energy and the Fukui indices.

Aromaticity in pericondensed cyclopenta-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons determined by density functional theory nucleus-independent chemical shifts and the Y-rule — Implications in oil asphaltene stability

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (10) ◽  
pp. 1280-1295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yosadara Ruiz-Morales
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Thermodynamic Stability ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Chemical Shifts ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Electronic Distribution ◽  
Polycyclic Aromatic ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The One

The characterization of the stability of the fused aromatic region (FAR) in oil asphaltenes in terms of kinetic and thermodynamic stability is primary. Such an understanding is important if we are to get the optimal use from the heavy fraction of any crude oil. The FAR region is composed of pericondensed cyclopenta-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds (CPPAHs) with N, S, and O heteroatoms. The Clar model, which states that the most important representation of a PAH is one having the maximum number of disjoint π-sextets, depicted by inscribed circles, and a minimum number of fixed double bonds, captures the essence of the kinetic and thermodynamic stability arguments. This model is readily employed for complex aromatics of the sort to be considered for asphaltenes. In the present research we prove that the aromaticity of CPPAHs can be assessed by using the qualitative easy-to-apply Y-rule. In the literature, it is proven that the Y-rule is applicable to elucidate the aromaticity of benzenoid PAHs and it has been validated for pericondensed benzenoid PAHs but not for pericondensed CPPAHs. Here, we verify that it is applicable for CPPAHs. The applicability of the Y-rule has been theoretically proven by comparing the π-electronic distribution obtained with it with the one obtained from nucleus-independent chemical shift (NICS) calculations at the density functional theory (DFT) level. The importance of doing this is that due to the polydispersity in the composition of the oil asphaltenes, and to understand their aromatic core structure, it is necessary to be able to asses the aromaticity of many cyclopenta-fused PAHs (possibly more than 500), of different sizes (up to 15 rings between hexagons and pentagons), and different spatial rearrangements in a quick but realistic and effective way. To try to do this with NICS will be very time consuming and computationally expensive, especially in the case of big systems.

scholarly journals Comparing Study of The Stability and spectral properties vibrations for some Tellurium (IV) compounds containing cycloctadienyl group by Quantum Mechanical Calculations

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 1041-1049
Author(s):  
Baghdad Science Journal
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Heat Of Formation ◽  
Basis Set ◽  
Orbital Energy ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
Geometrical Structures ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Exchange Correlation ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Semi Empirical

Density Functional Theory (DFT) with B3LYP hybrid exchange-correlation functional and 3-21G basis set and semi-empirical methods (PM3) were used to calculate the energies (total energy, binding energy (Eb), molecular orbital energy (EHOMO-ELUMO), heat of formation (?Hf)) and vibrational spectra for some Tellurium (IV) compounds containing cycloctadienyl group which can use as ligands with some transition metals or essential metals of periodic table at optimized geometrical structures.

Structure, Stability and Water Adsorption on Ultra-Thin TiO2 Supported on TiN

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Julio Gutierrez Moreno ◽  
Marco Fronzi ◽  
Pierre Lovera ◽  
alan O'Riordan ◽  
Mike J Ford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Water Adsorption ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Molecular Water ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Rutile Structure ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The One

<p></p><p>Interfacial metal-oxide systems with ultrathin oxide layers are of high interest for their use in catalysis. In this study, we present a density functional theory (DFT) investigation of the structure of ultrathin rutile layers (one and two TiO<sub>2</sub> layers) supported on TiN and the stability of water on these interfacial structures. The rutile layers are stabilized on the TiN surface through the formation of interfacial Ti–O bonds. Charge transfer from the TiN substrate leads to the formation of reduced Ti<sup>3+</sup> cations in TiO<sub>2.</sub> The structure of the one-layer oxide slab is strongly distorted at the interface, while the thicker TiO<sub>2</sub> layer preserves the rutile structure. The energy cost for the formation of a single O vacancy in the one-layer oxide slab is only 0.5 eV with respect to the ideal interface. For the two-layer oxide slab, the introduction of several vacancies in an already non-stoichiometric system becomes progressively more favourable, which indicates the stability of the highly non-stoichiometric interfaces. Isolated water molecules dissociate when adsorbed at the TiO<sub>2</sub> layers. At higher coverages the preference is for molecular water adsorption. Our ab initio thermodynamics calculations show the fully water covered stoichiometric models as the most stable structure at typical ambient conditions. Interfacial models with multiple vacancies are most stable at low (reducing) oxygen chemical potential values. A water monolayer adsorbs dissociatively on the highly distorted 2-layer TiO<sub>1.75</sub>-TiN interface, where the Ti<sup>3+</sup> states lying above the top of the valence band contribute to a significant reduction of the energy gap compared to the stoichiometric TiO<sub>2</sub>-TiN model. Our results provide a guide for the design of novel interfacial systems containing ultrathin TiO<sub>2</sub> with potential application as photocatalytic water splitting devices.</p><p></p>

Physics of Charged Mgn (n≤7) and Mixed MgnKy (x+y≤4) Clusters

1990 ◽  
Vol 206 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Khanna ◽  
F. Reuse ◽  
V. de Coulon ◽  
J. Buttet
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Binding Energy ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Electronic Structure Calculations ◽  
Atomic Orbitals ◽  
The Core ◽  
Non Local ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Mixed Clusters ◽  
Structure Calculations

ABSTRACTElectronic structure calculations on neutral and charged Mgn (n≤7) clusters and KnMgm mixed clusters have been carried out within a linear combination of atomic orbitals molecular orbital approach. The exchange correlaton effects have been treated via local spin density functional and non-local pseudopotentials have been used to replace the core. Our studies on charged Mgn clusters focus on the electron affinity and atomic binding in anionic clusters and the stability and observability of doubly ionized clusters. In KnMgm clusters, we have considered the evolution of the electronic spectrum and the variation of the binding energy with size and composition.

scholarly journals Magnetic properties of free-standing finite linear Co chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Cesar Hernandez-Herrejon ◽  
Rodrigo Chavez-Alcazar
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Magnetic Anisotropy ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Finite Size ◽  
Anisotropy Energy ◽  
Spin Moment ◽  
Generalized Gradient ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Magnetic Anisotropy Energy ◽  
Atomic Chains

The ground state magnetic properties of Co_N linear atomic chains with 1 ≤ N ≤ 10 are studied within density functional theory using the generalized gradient approximation . A linear scaling between the binding energy per atom and the inverse of the number of atoms in the chain is found. For the optimized geometries, our results show a dimerization effect for chains of few atoms but for bigger ones the phenomena disappear in the center but remains at the ends due to finite size effects. The spin moment, the orbital moment and the magnetic anisotropy energy were investigated. For large chains, the orbital and spin moments have a tendency to become uniform. Enhanced spin and orbital moments were found due to the reduced coordination number compared to the cobalt in bulk. The cobalt chain of five atoms has the biggest magnetic anisotropy energy with an outstanding 8 meV, suggesting that it could have applications in ultrahigh density magnetic memories and hard disk. 

scholarly journals Structure, Stability and Water Adsorption on Ultra-Thin TiO2 Supported on TiN

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Julio Gutierrez Moreno ◽  
Marco Fronzi ◽  
Pierre Lovera ◽  
alan O'Riordan ◽  
Mike J Ford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional ◽  
Water Adsorption ◽  
Chemical Potential ◽  
Energy Gap ◽  
Molecular Water ◽  
Structure Stability ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Rutile Structure ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The One

<p></p><p>Interfacial metal-oxide systems with ultrathin oxide layers are of high interest for their use in catalysis. In this study, we present a density functional theory (DFT) investigation of the structure of ultrathin rutile layers (one and two TiO<sub>2</sub> layers) supported on TiN and the stability of water on these interfacial structures. The rutile layers are stabilized on the TiN surface through the formation of interfacial Ti–O bonds. Charge transfer from the TiN substrate leads to the formation of reduced Ti<sup>3+</sup> cations in TiO<sub>2.</sub> The structure of the one-layer oxide slab is strongly distorted at the interface, while the thicker TiO<sub>2</sub> layer preserves the rutile structure. The energy cost for the formation of a single O vacancy in the one-layer oxide slab is only 0.5 eV with respect to the ideal interface. For the two-layer oxide slab, the introduction of several vacancies in an already non-stoichiometric system becomes progressively more favourable, which indicates the stability of the highly non-stoichiometric interfaces. Isolated water molecules dissociate when adsorbed at the TiO<sub>2</sub> layers. At higher coverages the preference is for molecular water adsorption. Our ab initio thermodynamics calculations show the fully water covered stoichiometric models as the most stable structure at typical ambient conditions. Interfacial models with multiple vacancies are most stable at low (reducing) oxygen chemical potential values. A water monolayer adsorbs dissociatively on the highly distorted 2-layer TiO<sub>1.75</sub>-TiN interface, where the Ti<sup>3+</sup> states lying above the top of the valence band contribute to a significant reduction of the energy gap compared to the stoichiometric TiO<sub>2</sub>-TiN model. Our results provide a guide for the design of novel interfacial systems containing ultrathin TiO<sub>2</sub> with potential application as photocatalytic water splitting devices.</p><p></p>

Theoretical Studies on the Chemical Structure of Carboxymethyl Chitosan

2010 ◽  
Vol 160-162 ◽  
pp. 1822-1827
Author(s):  
Xi Lu ◽  
Juan Qin Xue ◽  
Yu Jie Wang ◽  
Wei Bo Mao ◽  
Ming Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Active Sites ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Carboxymethyl Chitosan ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
Molecular Orbit ◽  
The Density Functional Theory ◽  
Stability Order ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The One

The density functional theory (DFT) calculations explored the structural optimization and the frequency of N-carboxymethyl chitosan (N-CMCS) and O-carboxymethyl chitosan (O-CMCS). For the isomers, the calculations comparatively were performed. The charge distribution and frontier molecular orbit were analyzed by using the natural bond orbital (NBO) method. The results showed: the two rotational isomers a and b can stably exist, with the stability order a>b; N-carboxymethyl chitosan reaction active sites are concentrated in -OH and -NHCH2COOH, while O-carboxymethyl chitosan reaction active sites are concentrated in -NH2 and -CH2COOH; The water-soluble mechanism of carboxymethyl chitosan was investigated deeply, on the one hand, the presence of carboxymethyl of carboxymethyl chitosan had a tendency to ionize H+, on the other hand the carboxymethyl increased the distance and weakened the hydrogen bonds between molecules, even though Einstein shift H-bond is formed in the carboxymethyl chitosan molecules.

scholarly journals The electronic structure of quasi-free-standing germanene on monolayer MX (M = Ga, In; X = S, Se, Te)

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (29) ◽  
pp. 19039-19044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeyuan Ni ◽  
Emi Minamitani ◽  
Yasunobu Ando ◽  
Satoshi Watanabe
Keyword(s):  
Density Functional Theory ◽  
Electronic Structure ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Electronic Structures ◽  
Density Functional ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Functional Theory ◽  
The Stability ◽  
First Time

For the first time by using the ab initio density functional theory, the stability and electronic structures of germanene on monolayer GaS, GaSe, GaTe and InSe have been investigated.

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