Abstract
Density-functional method PW91 has been selected to investigate the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of Au4M (M =Sc–Zn) clusters. Geometry optimisations show that the M atoms in the ground-state Au4M clusters favour the most highly coordinated position. The ground-state Au4M clusters possess a solid structure for M = Sc and Ti and a planar structure for M = V–Zn. The characteristic frequency of the doped clusters is much greater than that of pure gold cluster. The relative stability and chemical activity are analysed by means of the averaged binding energy and highest occupied molecular orbital and lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy gap for the lowest energy Au4M clusters. It is found that the dopant atoms can enhance the thermal stability of the host cluster except for Zn atom. The Au4Ti, Au4Mn and Au4Zn clusters have relatively higher chemical stability. The vertical detachment energy, electron affinity and photoelectron spectrum are calculated and simulated theoretically for all the ground-state structures. The magnetism calculations reveal that the total magnetic moment of Au4M cluster is mainly localised on the M atom and vary from 0 to 5 μB by substituting an Au atom in Au5 cluster with different transition-metal atoms.
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