Issue 46, 2015

Photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional calculations of CnSm (n = 2–7; m = 1, 2) clusters

Abstract

CnSm (n = 2–7; m = 1, 2) clusters were investigated by using photoelectron spectroscopy combined with density functional theory calculations. We found that the vertical detachment energies of both CnS and CnS2 (n = 2–7) clusters exhibit a strong odd–even alternation with an increasing number of carbon atoms: the VDEs of even-n clusters are higher than those of adjacent odd-n clusters. The most stable structures of the anionic and neutral CnS (n = 2–7) clusters are linear with the S atom locating at one end of the carbon chain except that the structure of C3S is slightly bent. The ground state isomers of the anionic and neutral CnS2 (n = 2–7) clusters are all linear structures with two S atoms locating at two ends of the carbon chain. The electron affinities of the neutral CnS (n = 2, 4–7) and CnS2 (n = 2–7) clusters are determined based on the experimental adiabatic detachment energies of the corresponding anion species, because the most stable structures of the neutral clusters are similar to those of the corresponding anions.

Graphical abstract: Photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional calculations of CnSm− (n = 2–7; m = 1, 2) clusters

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 Jul 2015
Accepted
27 Oct 2015
First published
27 Oct 2015

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015,17, 31011-31022

Photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional calculations of CnSm (n = 2–7; m = 1, 2) clusters

X. Xu, X. Deng, H. Xu and W. Zheng, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 31011 DOI: 10.1039/C5CP04482K

To request permission to reproduce material from this article, please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

If you are an author contributing to an RSC publication, you do not need to request permission provided correct acknowledgement is given.

If you are the author of this article, you do not need to request permission to reproduce figures and diagrams provided correct acknowledgement is given. If you want to reproduce the whole article in a third-party publication (excluding your thesis/dissertation for which permission is not required) please go to the Copyright Clearance Center request page.

Read more about how to correctly acknowledge RSC content.

Social activity

Spotlight

Advertisements