ASSEMBLING CRYSTALS FROM CLUSTERS

被引:578
作者
KHANNA, SN
JENA, P
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[1] Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1664
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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It is shown that the stability of a cluster can be substantially enhanced by changing its size and/or composition so as to take advantage of the electronic shell filling as well as close atomic packing. The interaction between two such clusters is found to be weak and can form the basis for synthesizing a new class of cluster-assembled-crystals with uncommon properties.
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页码:1664 / 1667
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