Reactivity of metal clusters

Z Luo, AW Castleman Jr, SN Khanna - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
We summarize here the research advances on the reactivity of metal clusters. After a simple
introduction of apparatuses used for gas-phase cluster reactions, we focus on the reactivity …

Partitioning behavior and mechanism of polyhalogenated carbazoles in water and suspended particulate matter

Y Wang, Y Zhang, Y Li, L Ma, Z Niu - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyhalogenated carbazoles (PHCZs), known as new dioxin-like compounds, are a new
class of emerging environmental contaminants that have received increasing attention in …

Theoretical study of geometry, stability and properties of Al and AlSi nanoclusters

A Arab, M Habibzadeh - Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 2016 - Springer
Geometry, stability, and properties of Al n (n= 1–13) and Al n Si m (n+ m= 5–7) nanoclusters
were investigated by density functional theory. We found that while geometry of some …

Effect of silicon doping on the reactivity and catalytic activity of gold clusters

D Manzoor, S Krishnamurty, S Pal - The Journal of Physical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Doping is known to be an excellent and simple way of catalyst design. Although notable
progress has been made in understanding the reactivity and catalytic activity of gas-phase …

Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of AlnCm Clusters: Quantum-Chemical Study

BI Loukhovitski, AS Sharipov… - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Geometrical structures and physical properties, such as rotational constants and
characteristic vibrational temperatures, collision diameter, enthalpy of formation, dipole …

The activation of water by AlmGanXp [(X= In, Sn),(m+ n+ p≤ 4)] clusters

X Sun, Z Jin, J Shi, X Yang, Q Gao - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2024 - Elsevier
Using density functional theory to study the activity of the first O–H in water activated by Ga–
In and Ga–Sn clusters, and using displacement energy to explore the solubility of aluminum …

Dissociative chemisorption of hydrogen molecules on defective graphene-supported aluminium clusters: a computational study

D Kumar, T Govindaraja, S Krishnamurty… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Using periodic density functional theory-based calculations, in the present study, we
address the chemical bonding between aluminium clusters (Aln, n= 4–8 and 13) and …

Dissociative adsorption of molecular hydrogen on BN-doped graphene-supported aluminum clusters

D Kumar, S Krishnamurty, S Pal - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The present work demonstrates dissociative adsorption of molecular hydrogen on supported
and unsupported aluminum clusters (Al n, n= 4–8, 13) using density functional theory based …

Mechanistic Investigations of Aluminum Nitrite Assisted Aryl Nitrile Synthesis through C(sp3)–C(sp2) Bond Cleavage of Aryl Ketones

D Das, P Jain, S Pal, V Avasare - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The C (sp3)–C (sp2) bond activation reactions of 1-phenyl-2-propanone are facilitated by in
situ generated Al (NO2) 3 as an internal oxidant and the nitrogen source. The mechanistic …

A dynamical model for the generation of H2 in microhydrated Al clusters

U Rivero, S Álvarez-Barcia, JR Flores - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2018 - Elsevier
A dynamical model is proposed to describe the generation of H 2 in the Al n+ H 2 O
reactions in order to deal with the complexity of the potential energy surface. For that …