Abstract
We present the ab initiostudy of the geometry, electronic structure, charged states, bonding, and vibrational modes of the recently synthesized fullerene-like cluster which has icosahedral point symmetry [M. J. Moses, J. C. Fettinger, and B. W. Eichhorn, Science, 300, 778 (2003)]. We show that the molecule is vibrationally stable and will be electronically most stable in its oxidation state in the condensed phase and in state in the gas phase. We examine the bonding in this unusually structured molecule from charge transfer between atoms, infrared and Raman spectra, and charge-density isosurfaces.
- Received 19 August 2003
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.68.241404
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