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Probe Type II Band Alignment in One-Dimensional Van Der Waals Heterostructures Using First-Principles Calculations
Published on: October 12, 2019
Electronic states, potential energy surface, and theoretical spectroscopy of Be2H2
Vincent Brites1, Céline Léonard
1Laboratoire Modélisation et Simulation Multi Echelle, Université Paris-Est, MSME UMR 8208 CNRS, 5 bd Descartes, 77454 Marne-la-Vallée, France.
Abstract:
The low-lying electronic states of Be(2)H(2) have been investigated using an ab initio methodology in order to explore the nature of the Be-Be bonding in this tetra-atomic molecule. The donation of two electrons from the antibonding molecular orbital mainly associated with Be(2) to orbitals mainly associated with the 1s of the H atoms is found to be responsible for the strong Be-Be bond in this tetra-atomic molecule compared with the Be(2) diatomic. In addition to the linear form, a cyclic isomer of Be(2)H(2) has been identified at about 1.47 eV above the linear structure. This structure results from an avoided crossing taking place above the lowest dissociation limit giving two BeH fragments. For the linear structure, a six dimensional potential energy surface has been generated and the rovibrational levels have been computed variationally. The fundamental modes obtained are found to be in well agreement with those detected experimentally. For Be(2)H(2) (Be(2)D(2)), the antisymmetric stretching mode ν(3) is computed at 2028.6 (1519.3) cm(-1).
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