Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5719 - 5722 (2001)

Polytetrahedral Clusters

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Jonathan P. K. Doye * and David J. Wales
University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom

Received 18 December 2000

By studying the structures of clusters bound by a model potential that favors polytetrahedral order, we find a previously unknown series of “magic numbers” (i.e., sizes of special stability) whose polytetrahedral structures are characterized by disclination networks that are analogous to hydrocarbons.


©2001 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v86/p5719
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.5719
PACS: 61.46.+w, 36.40.Mr

* Electronic address: jon@clust.ch.cam.ac.uk

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