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¹Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, B6c, B4000 Liège, Belgium.

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Computational studies reveal that capping palladium clusters (Pd(13)) with ligands tunes their magnetic and structural properties. Ligands stabilize specific geometries and reduce high spin states, predicting unusual magnetic behavior.

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Area of Science:

Computational chemistry
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Nanotechnology

Background:

Palladium clusters exhibit complex magnetostructural properties.
Understanding ligand effects on cluster behavior is crucial for materials design.

Purpose of the Study:

To computationally investigate how ligation influences the magnetostructural properties of Pd(13) clusters.
To analyze the impact of phosphine and thiol capping ligands on cluster stability and spin states.

Main Methods:

Density Functional Theory (DFT) level calculations were employed.
Investigation of bare, phosphine-capped (Pd(13)(PH(3))(12)), and thiol-capped (Pd(13)(SCH(3))(12)) Pd(13) clusters.
Characterization of a mixed ligand species (Pd(13)(SCH(3))(6)(PH(3))(6)).

Main Results:

Bare Pd(13) clusters favor high spin states (septet, nonet) with distorted geometries.
Ligation stabilizes the icosahedral (I(h)) geometry and significantly reduces spin states (triplet for phosphine, quintet for thiol).
Different bonding properties of ligands influence magnetostructural characteristics.

Conclusions:

Ligation provides a method to tune the magnetostructural properties of Pd(13) clusters.
The presence of multiple accessible spin states suggests unusual thermal magnetic moment behavior.
Computational insights guide the design of novel palladium-based nanomaterials.