Electronic structure and molecular properties of the mixed rhenium-molybdenum [Re6-x Mo x S8(CN) 6]q-, (x = 0 to 6) Clusters

R. Ramírez-Tagle; R. Arratia-Pérez

doi:10.1007/s10876-008-0213-6

Electronic structure and molecular properties of the mixed rhenium-molybdenum [Re_6-x Mo _x S₈(CN) ₆]^q-, (x = 0 to 6) Clusters

R. Ramírez-Tagle, R. Arratia-Pérez

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Abstract

Relativistic density functional calculations including scalar and spin-orbit effects via the ZORA approximation and including solvent effects were carried out on the [Re₆S₈(CN)₆]^4-, [Re₅MoS₈(CN)₆]^5-, [Re ₄Mo₂S₈(CN)₆]^5-, [Re ₃Mo₃S₈(CN)₆]^5-, [Re ₂Mo₄S₈(CN)₆]^5-, [ReMo₅S₈(CN)₆]^5- and [Mo ₆S₈(CN)₆]^6- clusters. By increasing the replacement of each Re atom with Mo atoms we find that for x > 2 the HOMO-LUMO gap decreases significantly. The calculated gap of the [Re ₃Mo₃S₈(CN)₆]^5-, [Re ₂Mo₄S₈(CN)₆]^5- and [ReMo₅S₈(CN)₆]^5- clusters is similar to the calculated and observed gap of the superconducting PbMo ₆S₈ Chevrel phases. The current calculations also indicates that the electronic similarities of the lowest excited states of the semiconducting 24e [Re₅MoS₈(CN)₆]^5- and 23e [Re₄Mo₂S₈(CN)₆]^5- clusters with the strongly luminescent 24e [Re₆S₈(CN) ₆]^4- cluster, suggest that these mixed metal clusters might be luminescent.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	159-164
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Cluster Science
Volume	20
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-008-0213-6
Publication status	Published - Mar 2009

Keywords

Mixed Re-Mo clusters
Relativistic Effects

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biochemistry
General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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