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First-Principles Investigation of Trimetallic Clusters: GaMnLi n (n = 1–12)

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The lowest-energy structures and low-lying isomers of double impurity atoms, Ga and Mn, doped Li n (n = 1–12) clusters have been systematically investigated using density functional theory. The trimetallic clusters show larger relative binding energies compared with the bare Li n+2 partners, indicating doping with Ga and Mn atoms could enhance the stabilities of Li n clusters. The HOMO–LUMO gaps, the vertical ionization potentials and the vertical electron affinities have also been analyzed and compared with the pure lithium clusters. The magnetism calculations demonstrate that the magnetic moments of GaMnLi n clusters show a tunable magnetic properties with the increasing number of Li atoms.

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This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11204079 and 11304096), the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Grant No. 15ZR1409600), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (Nos. 222201514320, 222201714018).

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    Jianfei Zhang, Lixia Zhao, Xiaojuan Feng, Hongyu Zhang, Meng Zhang & Youhua Luo

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Zhang, J., Zhao, L., Feng, X. et al. First-Principles Investigation of Trimetallic Clusters: GaMnLi n (n = 1–12). J Clust Sci 28, 2323–2335 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-017-1226-9

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