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Effects of Temperature on Enantiomerization Energy and Distribution of Isomers in the Chiral Cu(13) Cluster

In this study, we report the lowest energy structure of bare Cu(13) nanoclusters as a pair of enantiomers at room temperature. Moreover, we compute the enantiomerization energy for the interconversion from minus to plus structures in the chiral putative global minimum for temperatures ranging from 2...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Castillo-Quevedo, Cesar, Buelna-Garcia, Carlos Emiliano, Paredes-Sotelo, Edgar, Robles-Chaparro, Eduardo, Zamora-Gonzalez, Edgar, Martin-del-Campo-Solis, Martha Fabiola, Quiroz-Castillo, Jesus Manuel, del-Castillo-Castro, Teresa, Martínez-Guajardo, Gerardo, de-Leon-Flores, Aned, Cortez-Valadez, Manuel, Ortiz-Chi, Filiberto, Gaxiola, Tulio, Castillo, Santos Jesus, Vásquez-Espinal, Alejandro, Pan, Sudip, Cabellos, Jose Luis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8471510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34577181
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules26185710
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Sumario:In this study, we report the lowest energy structure of bare Cu(13) nanoclusters as a pair of enantiomers at room temperature. Moreover, we compute the enantiomerization energy for the interconversion from minus to plus structures in the chiral putative global minimum for temperatures ranging from 20 to 1300 K. Additionally, employing nanothermodynamics, we compute the probabilities of occurrence for each particular isomer as a function of temperature. To achieve that, we explore the free energy surface of the Cu(13) cluster, employing a genetic algorithm coupled with density functional theory. Moreover, we discuss the energetic ordering of isomers computed with various density functionals. Based on the computed thermal population, our results show that the chiral putative global minimum strongly dominates at room temperature.