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A Metalloid [Ga 23 {N(SiMe 3 ) 2 } 11 ] Cluster: The Jellium Model Put to Test
Author(s) -
Hartig Jens,
Stößer Anna,
Hauser Petra,
Schnöckel Hansgeorg
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200604311
Subject(s) - jellium , superatom , metalloid , cluster (spacecraft) , valence (chemistry) , valence electron , chemistry , atom (system on chip) , electronic structure , electron , metal , crystallography , physics , computational chemistry , computer science , nuclear physics , organic chemistry , embedded system , programming language
Not a bird, not a plane, perhaps a superatom : The term “superatom” has been used for “naked” metal atom clusters with a certain electronic structure. On the basis of structural data the question of whether this classification—the Jellium model—is a suitable description of a metalloid cluster with the same number of valence electrons is addressed. The picture shows the superatomic core of naked and ligand‐bearing Ga atoms in the title cluster.