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Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Science, 27(13), p. 8045-8051, 2022
DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01761j
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Bare and ligand protected planar hexacoordinate silicon in SiSb<sub>3</sub>M<sub>3</sub><sup>+</sup> (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) clusters
Journal article published in 2022 by
Chen Chen,
Meng-Hui Wang,
Lin-Yan Feng,
Lian-Qing Zhao,
Jin-Chang Guo,
Hua-Jin Zhai 
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Zhong-Hua Cui ,
Sudip Pan ,
Gabriel Merino
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Zhong-Hua Cui ,
Sudip Pan ,
Gabriel Merino
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Abstract
The global minimum of SiSb3M3+ (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) is a D3h symmetric structure containing an elusive planar hexacoordinate silicon (phSi) atom. Most importantly, the phSi core remains intact in ligand protected environment as well.