SCC-DFTB parameters for simulating hybrid gold-thiolates compounds

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of computational chemistry. - 1984. - 36(2015), 27 vom: 15. Okt., Seite 2075-87
1. Verfasser: Fihey, Arnaud (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hettich, Christian, Touzeau, Jérémy, Maurel, François, Perrier, Aurélie, Köhler, Christof, Aradi, Bálint, Frauenheim, Thomas
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of computational chemistry
Schlagworte:Journal Article chemisorption density functional theory gold cluster potential energy surface thiolate molecule tight-binding
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Zusammenfassung:© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
We present a parametrization of a self-consistent charge density functional-based tight-binding scheme (SCC-DFTB) to describe gold-organic hybrid systems by adding new Au-X (X = Au, H, C, S, N, O) parameters to a previous set designed for organic molecules. With the aim of describing gold-thiolates systems within the DFTB framework, the resulting parameters are successively compared with density functional theory (DFT) data for the description of Au bulk, Aun gold clusters (n = 2, 4, 8, 20), and Aun SCH3 (n = 3 and 25) molecular-sized models. The geometrical, energetic, and electronic parameters obtained at the SCC-DFTB level for the small Au3 SCH3 gold-thiolate compound compare very well with DFT results, and prove that the different binding situations of the sulfur atom on gold are correctly described with the current parameters. For a larger gold-thiolate model, Au25 SCH3 , the electronic density of states and the potential energy surfaces resulting from the chemisorption of the molecule on the gold aggregate obtained with the new SCC-DFTB parameters are also in good agreement with DFT results
Beschreibung:Date Completed 04.12.2015
Date Revised 19.09.2015
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1096-987X
DOI:10.1002/jcc.24046