Relativistic DFT Calculations of Cadmium and Selenium Solid-State NMR Spectra of CdSe Nanocrystal Surfaces
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- U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011. United States, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Microelectronics Research Center, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011. United States
- U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory, Ames, Iowa 50011. United States, Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011. United States
Solid-state NMR spectra have been used to probe the structure of CdSe nanocrystals and propose detailed models of their surface structures. Density functional theory (DFT)-optimized cluster models that represent probable molecular structures of carboxylate-coordinated surface sites have been proposed. However, to the best of our knowledge, 113Cd and 77Se chemical shifts have not been calculated for these surface models. We performed relativistic DFT calculations of cadmium and selenium magnetic shielding tensors on model compounds with previously measured solid-state NMR spectra with (i) the four-component Dirac-Kohn–Sham (DKS) Hamiltonian and (ii) the scalar and (iii) spin–orbit levels within the ZORA Hamiltonian. Molecular clusters with Cd and Se sites in varying bonding environments were used to model CdSe (100) and CdSe(111) surfaces capped with carboxylic acid ligands. Our calculations identify the observed 113Cd isotropic chemical shifts δ(iso) of –465, –318, and –146 ppm arising from CdSeO3, CdSe2O2, and CdSe3O surface groups, respectively, with very good agreement with experimental measurements. The 113Cd chemical shifts linearly decrease with the number of O-neighbors. The calculated spans (δ11 – δ33) encompass the experimental values for CdSe3O and CdSe2O2 clusters but are slightly larger than the measured value for CdSeO3 clusters. Relativistic DFT calculations predicted a one-bond 113Cd–77Se scalar coupling of 258 Hz, which is in good agreement with the experimental values of 250 Hz. With a dense coverage of carboxylic acid ligands, the CdSe (100) surface shows a distribution of Cd–Se bond lengths and J-couplings. Relativistic DFT simulations thus aid in interpretation of NMR spectra of CdSe nanocrystals and related nanomaterials.
- Research Organization:
- Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358; AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 2204806
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 2216912; OSTI ID: 2217451
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-11,182
- Journal Information:
- ACS Omega, Journal Name: ACS Omega Vol. 8 Journal Issue: 46; ISSN 2470-1343
- Publisher:
- American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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