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Stable Free Dianionic SilicoCarbon Clusters
Author(s) -
Dreuw Andreas,
Sommerfeld Thomas,
Cederbaum Lorenz S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199718891
Subject(s) - observable , carbon fibers , molecule , mass spectrometry , chemistry , crystallography , in silico , chemical physics , computational chemistry , materials science , physics , organic chemistry , chromatography , quantum mechanics , composite number , composite material , biochemistry , gene
Structural characteristics significantly different to those of neutral SiC clusters are exhibited by isolated dianionic SiC clusters. The theoretical investigation of small, stable dianionic SiC clusters indicates that the free dianions SiC 6 2−( 1 ) and Si 6 2−( 2 ) are capable of existence. These molecules are predicted to be sufficiently long‐lived that they should be observable in a mass spectrometer.