Possible lowest-energy geometry of silicon clusters Si21 and Si25

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Yoo, S [1 ]
Zeng, XC [1 ]
Zhu, XL [1 ]
Bai, J [1 ]
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[1] Univ Nebraska, Dept Chem, Lincoln, NE 68588 USA
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10.1021/ja0365678
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O6 [化学];
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Possible lowest-energy structures of Si21 and Si25 are found on the basis of the starting structures obtained via the global search for nearly identical low-energy Stillinger?Weber (SW) and modified-SW structures. The fact that the lowest-energy structures are spherical-like may suggest that the prolate-to-spherical-like structural transition for the silicon cluster Sin is likely to occur in the range of 21 < n < 25. Copyright © 2003 American Chemical Society.
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