Exploring similarities in reactivity of superatom species: a combined theoretical and experimental investigation†
Abstract
The replacement of group 10-based materials by superatoms has gained great attention due to studies presenting similarities in electronic character and reactive nature between pairs. The current study extends the concept to systems of larger and varied composition as the pairs PdO+ and ZrO2+ as well as NiO+ and TiO2+ are interacted with C2H4 and CO through DFT calculations and guided-ion-beam