Study of the Geometric Structures, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Aluminium-Antimony Alloy Clusters.

A joint investigation based on an unbiased CALYPSO structure searching method and density functional theory calculation is performed to obtain the most stable structures of the neutral and anionic AlnSb (n = 1-16) clusters. The relative stability analysis reveals that the Al3Sb, Al5Sb, Al5Sb- and Al...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Naturforschung Section A: A Journal of Physical Sciences Vol. 74; no. 2; pp. 109 - 121
Main Authors: Ai-Jie Mao, Xiao-Yu Kuang, Hao Cheng, Li-Huan Zhang, Xiao-Rong Cheng
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Published: De Gruyter Feb2019
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          Ai-Jie Mao
          Xiao-Yu Kuang
          Hao Cheng
          Li-Huan Zhang
          Xiao-Rong Cheng
        affil: Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, PR China
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        Magnetic properties
        Density functionals
        Density functional theory
        Photoelectron spectra
        Magnetic moments
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          Magnetic properties
          Density functionals
          Density functional theory
          Photoelectron spectra
          Magnetic moments
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        Aluminium-Antimony Alloy
        Density Functional Theory (DFT)
        Electronic and Magnetic Properties
        The Most Stable Structures
      ab: A joint investigation based on an unbiased CALYPSO structure searching method and density functional theory calculation is performed to obtain the most stable structures of the neutral and anionic AlnSb (n = 1-16) clusters. The relative stability analysis reveals that the Al3Sb, Al5Sb, Al5Sb- and Al14Sb- clusters are more stable than their neighbouring clusters. The studies of electronic properties, especially in the consistency of the simulated photoelectron spectra and the experimental results for small clusters, further confirm that the predicted most stable structures are the global minima. Compared with pure aluminium (Al) clusters, the effect of impurity Sb atom on structural evolution of the neutral and anionic AlnSb(n = 1-16) clusters may be neglected, revealing that the most stable structures can be obtained by replacing one Al atom with an Sb atom in the corresponding neutral and anionic Aln+1(n = 1-16) clusters except for 8, 11 and 12. Moreover, the discussion concerning the magnetic properties indicates that the 3p state of the Al atom in the neutral and anionic AlnSb(n = 1- 16) clusters is the main contributor to the total magnetic moment.
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