Mass spectrometric and first principles study of Al$_n$C$^-$ clusters

Details Mass spectrometric and first principles study of Al$_n$C$^-$ clusters Mass spectrometric and first principles study of Al$_n$C$^-$ clusters

2001-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0112054v1

Physics

Atomic and Molecular Clusters

4 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0038-1098(02)00210-7

We study the carbon-dope aluminum clusters by using time-of-flight mass spectrum experiments and {\em ab initio} calculations. Mass abundance distributions are obtained for anionic aluminum and aluminum-carbon mixed clusters. Besides the well-known magic aluminum clusters such as Al$_{13}^-$ and Al$_{23}^-$, Al$_7$C$^-$ cluster is found to be particularly stable among those Al$_n$C$^-$ clusters. Density functional calculations are performed to determine the ground state structures of Al$_n$C$^-$ clusters. Our results show that the Al$_7$C$^-$ is a magic cluster with extremely high stability, which might serve as building block of the cluster-assembled materials.

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