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Not Completely Innocent: How Argon Binding Perturbs Cationic Copper Clusters

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Argon is often considered as an innocent probe that can be attached and detached to study the structure of a particular species without perturbing the species too much. We have investigated whether this assumption also holds for small copper cationic clusters and demonstrated that small but significant charge transfer from argon to metal changes the remaining binding positions, leading in general, to weaker binding of other argon atoms. The exception is binding to just one copper ion, where the binding of the first argon facilitates the binding of the second.

Source: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c07771

Authors: Zahra Jamshidi, Olga V. Lushchikova, Joost M. Bakker, Lucas Visscher

Institutions: Sharif University of Technology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Radboud University Nijmegen, HFML-FELIX

Language: English

Topic: Advanced Chemical Physics Studies

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funders: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry

Awards: G3065528284, CO2 to formate - the critical step in catalytic CO2 hydrogenation