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 …

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 …

Using the minima hop** global geometry optimization method on the density functional
potential energy surface we show that the energy landscape of boron clusters is glasslike …

Using first-principles density functional calculations, we show that hexagonal metallic silicon
nanotubes can be stabilized by do** with 3 d transition metal atoms. Finite nanotubes …

Structures and electronic properties of clusters of an all-Si analogue of graphene, silicene,
have been studied through quantum chemical calculations. The structures of the six …

The field of nanoscience was pioneered in the 1980s with the groundbreaking research on
clusters, which later led to the discovery of fullerenes. Handbook of Nanophysics: Clusters …

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 …

Self-assembled silicon nanotubes with one-dimensional structure have been synthesized
from silicon monoxide powder under supercritically hydrothermal conditions with a …

The geometries, stabilities, electronic, and magnetic properties of the transition metal
encapsulated M Si n (M= Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn; n= 8–16) clusters have been …

Silicon analogues of the most prominent carbon nanostructures, namely, hollow spheroidals
such as C60 and the fullerene family, have been unknown to date. Herein we show that …