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  • Title: Ground state, growth, and electronic properties of small lanthanum clusters.
    Author: Zhang DB, Shen J.
    Journal: J Chem Phys; 2004 Mar 15; 120(11):5104-9. PubMed ID: 15267379.
    Abstract:
    The DMol cluster method based on density-functional theory has been employed to study the structural stability and electronic structure of La(n) (n=2-14) clusters. The ground states have been found out for lanthanum clusters. The Jahn-Teller effect plays an important role in this process because there are many isomers near the ground state. The magnetism is not sensitive to interatomic spacing when the change of interatomic spacing is in a small range. Lanthanum clusters grow in an icosahedral pattern. The results of the mean binding energy, of the second derivative of binding energy, and of the formation energy show strong odd-even alternation and that 7- and 13-atom clusters are magic. Further, the HOMO-LUMO gap, the mean nearest bond lengths, and the mean magnetic moments suggest that the convergence to bulk is slow and it shows an oscillatory behavior for small lanthanum clusters.
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