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In terms of the evaluated energies, adiabatic electron affinities, vertical detachment energies, and agreement between simulated and experimental photoelectron spectroscopy, the true global minimal structures are confirmed. The results reveal that structural evolution patterns for neutral ZrSin clusters prefer the attaching type (n = 6\u20139) to the half-cage motif (n = 10\u201313), and finally to a Zr-encapsulated configuration with a Zr atom centered in a Si cage (n = 14\u201316). For Zintl mono- and di-anionic ZrSin-\/2-, their growth patterns adopt the attaching configuration (n = 6\u201311) to encapsulated shape (n = 12\u201316). The further analyses of stability and chemical bonding make it known that two extra electrons not only perfect the structure of ZrSi15 but also improve its chemical and thermodynamic stability, making it the most suitable building block for novel multi-functional nanomaterials.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms20122933","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,17]],"date-time":"2019-06-17T03:24:41Z","timestamp":1560741881000},"page":"2933","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Study on Structural Evolution, Thermochemistry and Electron Affinity of Neutral, Mono- and Di-Anionic Zirconium-Doped Silicon Clusters ZrSin0\/-\/2- (n = 6\u201316)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Caixia","family":"Dong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Simulation, School of Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China"},{"name":"School of Mining and Technology, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Limin","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Simulation, School of Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jucai","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Simulation, School of Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China"},{"name":"School of Energy and Power Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4264-5523","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lin","family":"Cheng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Simulation, School of Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot 010051, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,6,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"6068","DOI":"10.1039\/c3cp44473b","article-title":"Probing the valence orbitals of transition metal-silicon diatomic anions: ZrSi, NbSi, MoSi, PdSi and WSi","volume":"15","author":"Gunaratne","year":"2013","journal-title":"Phys. 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