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The origins of tetrahedral coordination in molten and glassy ZnCl2 and other group-2B metal dihalides

  • 1. Piri Reis Univ, Fac Sci & Letters, TR-34940 Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2. Scuola Normale Super Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy

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We report the results of first-principles calculations carried out within a relativistic density-functional method, on the molecular trimers of the MX2 compounds (with M = Zn or Cd and X = Cl, Br, or I), showing how a distorted tetrahedral coordination of a group-2B metal atom by halogens first arises. The trimers of HgX2 are also discussed, both in unstable and in stable configurations. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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