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Understanding of multimetallic cluster growth

Mitzinger, S.; Broeckaert, L. 1; Massa, W.; Weigend, F. 1; Dehnen, S.
1 Institut für Nanotechnologie (INT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract (englisch):

The elucidation of formation mechanisms is mandatory for understanding and planning of synthetic routes. For (bio-)organic and organometallic compounds, this has long been realized even for very complicated molecules, whereas the formation of ligand-free inorganic molecules has widely remained a black box to date. This is due to poor structural relationships between reactants and products and the lack of structurally related intermediates—due to the comparably high coordination flexibility of involved atoms. Here we report on investigations of the stepwise formation of multimetallic clusters, based on a series of crystal structures and complementary quantum-chemical studies of (Ge2As2)2−, (Ge7As2)2−, [Ta@Ge6As4]3−, [Ta@Ge8As4]3− and [Ta@Ge8As6]3−. The study makes use of efficient quantum-chemical tools, enabling the first detailed screening of the energy hypersurface along the formation of ligand-free inorganic species for a semi-quantitative picture. The results can be generalized for an entire family of multimetallic clusters.


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DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000053883
Originalveröffentlichung
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10480
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Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Nanotechnologie (INT)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsjahr 2016
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2041-1723
urn:nbn:de:swb:90-538831
KITopen-ID: 1000053883
HGF-Programm 43.21.04 (POF III, LK 01) Molecular Engineering
Erschienen in Nature Communications
Verlag Nature Research
Band 7
Seiten 10480
Schlagwörter Chemical sciences; Inorganic chemistry; Materials science
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