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Structures and Stabilities of the Metal Doped Gold Nano-Clusters: M@Au10 (M = W, Mo, Ru, Co)

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The structures and stabilities of a series of endohedral gold clusters containing ten gold atoms M@Au10 (M = W, Mo, Ru, Co) have been determined using density functional theory. The gradient-corrected functional BP86, the Tao-Perdew-Staroverov-Scuseria TPSS meta-GGA functional, and the hybrid density functionals B3LYP and PBE1PBE were employed to calculate the structures, binding energies, adiabatic ionization potentials, and adiabatic electron affinities for these clusters. The LanL2DZ effective core potentials and the corresponding valence basis sets were employed. The M@Au10 (M = W, Mo, Ru, Co) clusters have higher binding energies than an empty Au10 cluster. In addition, the large HOMO–LUMO gaps suggest that the M@Au10 (M = W, Mo, Ru, Co) clusters are all likely to be stable chemically. The ionization potentials and electron affinities for these clusters are very high, and the W@Au10 and Mo@Au10 clusters have electron affinities similar to the super-halogen Al13.

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This project was financially supported by Grant Number P20RR017661 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NCRR or NIH. The authors would like to thank Dr. Svein Saebø for allowing the use of his laboratory space during this work.

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    Delwar Hossain

  2. Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    Charles U. Pittman Jr. & Steven R. Gwaltney

  3. Center for Environmental Health Sciences and HPCC Center for Computational Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, 39762, USA

    Steven R. Gwaltney

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Hossain, D., Pittman, C.U. & Gwaltney, S.R. Structures and Stabilities of the Metal Doped Gold Nano-Clusters: M@Au10 (M = W, Mo, Ru, Co). J Inorg Organomet Polym 24, 241–249 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-013-9995-6

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