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Structural Features of Medium-Sized Ge n (n = 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60) clusters

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By performing extensive search of the “compressing liquid” strategy together with the “genetic algorithm” approach, at the level of tight-binding(TB) potential model, the low-lying isomers of medium-sized Ge n (n = 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60) are achieved. The selected lower-energy candidates from TB calculations are then fully optimized by the accurate first-principles calculations, the best candidates are identified. We find that the best candidates of germanium clusters undergo a structural transition from the prolate shape to the spherical structure in our concerned size range. This just corresponds to the observation of germanium clusters in ion mobility experiments. Furthermore, we reveal that the vibration entropy contributed to the free energy of an isomer which is useful for understanding the stability of the cluster at finite temperatures. As a result, the stability of the low-lying candidates at zero temperature is maintained at finite temperatures. In addition, the size-dependent HOMO–LUMO gaps have been briefly discussed in this paper. Our findings should be useful for future experiment investigations.

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Acknowledgments

Thanks to the support of the education department of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. GJJ14252) and the Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic and Telecommunication of Jiangxi Province (Grant No. 2011012). C. Y. Ouyang is also supported by the “Gan-po talent 555” Project of Jiangxi Province. This work has been carried out at National Supercomputer Center in Tianjin, and the calculations are performed on TianHe-1 (A).

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    Xin Liu, Xueling Lei, Jianxin Le & Chuying Ouyang

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Liu, X., Lei, X., Le, J. et al. Structural Features of Medium-Sized Ge n (n = 35, 40, 45, 50, 55 and 60) clusters. J Clust Sci 26, 1001–1010 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-014-0794-1

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