Abstract
We apply the time-dependent local density approximation to the small carbon clusters. The carbon clusters of chain and ring shapes are found to show strong π-electron transitions. An interpretation is given for them as the one-dimensional plasmon excitation.
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Yabana, K., Bertsch, G.F. Collective excitations in small carbon cluster. Czech J Phys 48, 760–762 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021474630078
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021474630078