Atomic clusters, consisting of a few to a few thousand atoms, have emerged over the past 40
years as the ultimate nanoparticles, whose structure and properties can be controlled one …

The structural properties of free nanoclusters are reviewed. Special attention is paid to the
interplay of energetic, thermodynamic, and kinetic factors in the explanation of cluster …

Some of the most relevant finite-size and surface effects in the magnetic and transport
properties of magnetic fine particles and granular solids are reviewed. The stability of the …

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Metal, metal oxide, and metal chalcogenide materials have a wide variety of applications.
For example, many metal clusters and nanoparticles are used as catalysts for reactions …

The physical and chemical properties of cluster systems at the subnano and nanoscale are
often found to differ from those of the bulk and display a unique dependence on size …

A review is presented of the design and application of genetic algorithms for the geometry
optimisation of clusters and nanoparticles, where the interactions between atoms, ions or …

The free atoms of the transition metals have an incomplete d shell in the ground state or in
excited states of small energy. The d electrons are responsible for the most interesting …

We present the results of a study of magnetism in rhodium, ruthenium, and palladium
clusters. We report values for the magnetic moments of rhodium clusters which are free from …

We have observed giant magnetic moments in clusters of rhodium, Rh n (n= 12–32),
consistent with ferromagnetic ordering of the 4d electrons. Ferromagnetic behavior has not …