Calculation of Magic Numbers and the Stability of Small Si Clusters

D. Tománek and M. A. Schlüter
Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 1055 – Published 10 March 1986
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Abstract

We present calculations of the equilibrium structures and cohesive energies for Si clusters up to the size n=14. No open structures and no diamond-lattice fragments are found. Especially stable structures found for n=6and10 coincide with experimentally observed magic numbers.

  • Received 21 August 1985

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.56.1055

©1986 American Physical Society

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D. Tománek* and M. A. Schlüter

  • AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974

  • *Permanent address: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, D-1000 Berlin 33, West Germany.

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Vol. 56, Iss. 10 — 10 March 1986

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