Chemistry 518: MgO nanoclusters November 24, 2018 UofA
Phase 1 The Objective of this assignment is to reproduce the results from : The authors use a HF level of theory to optimize the geometries and get energies with 6-31G*. Additionally they compare the results to HF+MP2 theory (not shown in this presentation). November 24, 2018 UofA
Mg2O2 Mg2O2 2(b)HF=-548.9231 2(a)HF=-548.9092 R(A) Cluster(a) 1.831 Cluster(b) 1.8438 November 24, 2018 UofA
Mg3O3 Mg3O3 Constrained angles (3a) HF = - 823.4677 (3b_1) HF= -823.5138 (3b_2) HF=-823.5297 R(A) R(A)_1 R(A)_2 Cluster(a) 1.87 Cluster(b) 1.78 1.817 November 24, 2018 UofA
Mg4O4 Mg4O4 Constrained angles (4a)HF= -1098.1223 (4b_1) HF= -1098.0851 (4b_2) HF=-1098.1014 R(A) R(A)_1 R(A)_2 Cluster(a) 1.93 Cluster(b) 1.80/1.79 1.806 November 24, 2018 UofA
Mg6O6 (6b)HF= -1647.3454 R(A) R(A)_1 (constrain) Cluster(a) 1.94 Cluster(b) 1.90 and 1.98 November 24, 2018 UofA
HF+MP2 comparison HF+MP2 (Recio et al.) HF+MP2 (a,b structures) Mg2O2 -549.3585/ -549.3735 -549.3318/-549.3768 Mg3O3 -824.1464/-824.1790 -824.1481/-824.1801 Mg4O4 -1099.0138/-1098.9685 -1099.0139/-1098.9800 Mg6O6 -1648.6536/-1648.6748 -1648.6535/-1648.6698 November 24, 2018 UofA
Compare more clusters with HF Compare HF+MP2 results Found that the geometries were constrained! Not true optimized geometry. Very good agreement in energies and bond lengths of constrained geometries. To Do: Compare more clusters with HF Compare HF+MP2 results Produce potential energy surfaces for MgO clusters with different coordination numbers. Search literature for non-stoichiometric MgO clusters. November 24, 2018 UofA
Phase 2: Motivation Use 1st principles to capture the effect of enviroment on electron density per atom. Parameterize results into an interatomic potential for classical Non- Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics. Enviromentally Dependent Dynamic Charge (EDD-q) Model Embedding term Pair-wise interaction Columbic interaction Most important aspect is to determine the effective charge ,q ,on an atom as a function of nearest neighbors bond length and angles. November 24, 2018 UofA
Cluster Set Choose set of clusters with different coordination Mg2O2 Level of Theory : B3LYP Basis Set : 6-311(d) Type of Run: Geometry Optimization and Frequency analysis Optimized structures are compared to literature Vibrational modes are identified as deforming paths Collected data is Mulliken atomic charge as a function of changing variable (bond,angle,dihederal). November 24, 2018 UofA
Mg2O2 Potential Energy Scan x1: Mg-O bond x2: Mg-O-O angle November 24, 2018 UofA
Mg2O2 – Vibrational Mode : 273.63 cm-1 November 24, 2018 UofA
Mg2O2 – Vibrational Mode: 666.23 cm-1 November 24, 2018 UofA
Mg2O2 – Vibrational Mode: 656.82 cm-1 November 24, 2018 UofA
Thank You ! Questions? November 24, 2018 UofA