采用模拟退火算法研究了范德华团簇ArN-CO2(N=1-19)的结构和能量性质.利用一个最近得到的Ar-CO2的势能面及Aziz的Ar-Ar作用势能,采用两体加和近似来构建团簇的高维势能面,再根据一个精心设计的退火进度表来采样玻璃态相空间以得到最低能量构型.与其他较轻的稀有气体形成的RgN-CO2团簇不同,Ar-CO2团簇表现出特有的结构和能量性质,比如小尺度团簇的相关性质随尺寸大小剧烈变化,而在第一溶剂化层形成后演进趋势较平缓.
The minimum-energy configurations and energetic properties of the ArN-CO2 (N=1-19) van der Waals clusters were investigated by a simulated annealing algorithm. A newly developed Ar-CO2 potential energy surface together with the Aziz Ar-Ar interaction potential was employed to construct the high dimensional potential functions by pairwise additive approximation. The global minimal conformations were optimized by sampling the glassy phase space with a circumspectively formulated annealing schedule. Unlike the lighter agg-CO2 clusters, the size-dependent structural and energetic characteristics of ArN-CO2 exhibit a different behavior. The dramatically variations with number of solvent were found for small clusters. After the completion of the first solvation shell at N=17, the clusters were evolved more smoothly.