Ca_n neutral clusters: a two-step G₀W₀ and DFT benchmark

• Sunila Bakhsh,
• Sameen Aslam,
• Muhammad Khalid,
• Muhammad Sohail,
• Sundas Zafar,
• Sumayya Abdul Wadood,
• Kareem Morsy and
• Muhammad Aamir Iqbal

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2024, 15, 1010–1016, doi:10.3762/bjnano.15.82

• ; density functional theory; G0W0 approximation; ionization potentials; magic clusters; Introduction Calcium metal has a closed shell structure and belongs to the group IIA alkaline-earth metals [1]. It has been widely used in carbon-chemical engineering (coating fullerene in hydrogen storage), optics, and

Nanoglasses: a new kind of noncrystalline materials

• Herbert Gleiter

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 517–533, doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.61

• ]. For example, if metallic clusters are prepared from the vapor phase, certain cluster sizes (called “magic clusters”) are known to be more stable than other sizes due to their low energies. Comparable effects have been reported for polymer glasses as well as glasses made up by individual atoms or small