The discovery of carbon fullerene cages and their solids opened a new avenue to build
materials from stable cage clusters as “artificial atoms” or “superatoms” instead of atoms …

Atomic clusters, consisting of a few to a few thousand atoms, have emerged over the past 40
years as the ultimate nanoparticles, whose structure and properties can be controlled one …

Our studies show that VSi12− adopts a V-centered hexagonal prism with a singlet spin state.
The addition of the second V atom leads to a capped hexagonal antiprism for V2Si12− in a …

The solution chemistry of Group 14 Zintl-type clusters is of growing interest as a result of
their potential to be used as molecular building blocks for the construction of nanoscale …

Magnetic clusters are aggregates of a few to thousands of atoms or molecules that exhibit
magnetism. Understanding the evolution of magnetism from individual atom to bulk solid is …

Amongst the endohedral clusters of the tetrel elements, M@ En, the 12-vertex species are
unique in that three completely different geometries, the icosahedron (Ih,[Ni@ Pb12] 2−), the …

Metal doped silicon clusters with potential applications in the field of optoelectronics,
magnetic and nanomaterials have been extensively studied during last decade. Here in, a …

A comparison of DFT-computed and measured infrared spectra reveals the ground state
structures of a series of gas-phase silicon clusters containing a common Mn2 unit. Mn2Si12 …

A systematic study of the structures and electronic properties of V2-doped silicon clusters,
V2Si n–/0 (n= 7–14), was carried out by anion photoelectron spectroscopic experiments …

In this work, the structures of cationic SinNb+ (n= 4–12) clusters are determined using the
combination of infrared multiple photon dissociation (IR-MPD) and density functional theory …