Assembling crystals from clusters

Journal Article · Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review Letters; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.1664· OSTI ID:7017795

Khanna, S N; Jena, P ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2000 (United States)

It is shown that the stability of a cluster can be substantially enhanced by changing its size and/or composition so as to take advantage of the electronic shell filling as well as close atomic packing. The interaction between two such clusters is found to be weak and can form the basis for synthesizing a new class of cluster-assembled crystals with uncommong properties.

• DOE Contract Number: FG05-87ER45316
• OSTI ID: 7017795
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (United States), Vol. 69:11; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
SOLID CLUSTERS
STABILITY
BINDING ENERGY
BONDING
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COMPOSITE MATERIALS
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
INTERACTIONS
SYNTHESIS
ENERGY
FABRICATION
JOINING
MATERIALS
360606* - Other Materials- Physical Properties- (1992-)
664500 - Special Atoms & Molecules- (1992-)