Low-energy configurations of Pt<sub>6</sub>Cu<sub>6</sub> clusters and their physical-chemical characterization: a high-accuracy DFT study

dc.contributor.authorMejia-Lopez, J.
dc.contributor.authorVelasquez, E. A.
dc.contributor.authorMazo-Zuluaga, J.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T21:05:31Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T21:05:31Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractBased on a combination of many-body potentials, an analysis of the inertia tensors and a Density Functional Theory framework, we use a method to harvest the lowest energy states of any set of cluster systems. Then, this methodology is applied to the Pt6Cu6 cluster case and the structural, chemical, electronic, anisotropy, magnetic and vibrational properties of the lowest energy isomers are studied. Unexpectedly, some tens of isomers with much lower energy than the precedent believed ground state [J. Chem. Phys., 131(4):044701] are found, which indicates the goodness of this methodology. Some of the isomers obtained present the point groups C-s, C-2v according to Schoenflies notation, while others do not exhibit specific symmetry operations. The global chemical descriptors as the ionization potential, the electron affinity and the chemical hardness have oscillating behaviors with overall decreasing trends as the energy of the isomer grows up, indicating a higher rate of deactivation by sintering processes and a higher strength of the adsorption of small molecules on these systems. We present interesting results of the electronic, magnetic, anisotropy, vibrational and thermal properties of these clusters and discuss them; what can be useful information for future experiments and technical applications in varied fields as catalysis, spintronics, molecular magnetism or magnetic storage information.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1039/d2cp01614a
dc.identifier.eissn1463-9084
dc.identifier.issn1463-9076
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp01614a
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93302
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000814251400001
dc.issue.numero26
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final16020
dc.pagina.inicio16011
dc.revistaPhysical chemistry chemical physics
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.titleLow-energy configurations of Pt<sub>6</sub>Cu<sub>6</sub> clusters and their physical-chemical characterization: a high-accuracy DFT study
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen24
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