Project Significance:
Metal clusters are now receiving increasing interest because they have physicochemical properties characteristic of both gases and solids, but also because these clusters exhibit size-dependent reactive properties, a feature which is of great interest in catalysis and holds promise as an emerging field of research in the Earth Sciences. At present, there are few experimental and theoretical studies, which have probed interactions between water molecules and metal clusters in simulated water vapor. The majority of these studies have focused on the composition of a given solvated metal cluster, rather than examining the structure of the solvation shell itself.
Results Achieved:
The theoretical structures of Manganese perchlorate ions with water.
