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We present a density-functional (DF) study of structures of Si cage clusters that encapsulate metal atoms. As a prototypical example, the case of WSi$_{n}$ clusters is shown. To obtain the low-energy clusters in efficient and unbiased ways,…
The screening of a 2p core-hole in Na clusters is investigated using density functional theory applied to an extended jellium model with an all-electron atom in the center. The study is related to recent experiments at the free electron…
In this work we propose a novel composite method for accurate calculation of the energies of many-electron atoms. The dominant contribution to the energy (pair energies) are calculated by using explicitly correlated factorisable coupled…
We have studied complexes of gold atoms and imidazole (C$_3$N$_2$H$_4$, abbreviated Im) produced in helium nanodroplets. Following the ionization of the doped droplets we detect a broad range of different Au$_m$Im$_n^+$ complexes, however…
We show that electronic-entropy effects in the size-evolutionary patterns of relatively small (as small as 20 atoms), simple-metal clusters become prominent already at moderate temperatures. Detailed agreement between our…
We present a theoretical study of the structural and electronic properties of graphene monolayer functionalized with boron and nitrogen atoms substituting carbon atoms. Our study is based on the ab initio calculations in the framework of…
Electron dynamics in metallic clusters are examined using a time-dependent density functional theory that includes a 'memory term', i.e. attempts to describe temporal non-local correlations. Using the Iwamoto, Gross and Kohn…
We present a computational study for the equilibrium shape of gold nanoparticles. By linking extensive quantum-mechanical calculations, based on Density-Functional Theory (DFT) to Wulff construction, we predict equilibrium shapes that are…
An ab-initio pseudopotential calculation using density functional theory within the local density approximation has been performed to investigate the electronic properties of TlSe which is of chain-like crystal geometry. The energy bands…
The magnetization and hole distribution of Mn clusters in (Ga,Mn)As are investigated by all-electron total energy calculations using the projector augmented wave method within the density-functional formalism. It is found that the…
An approach for explicit consideration of cluster effects in nuclear systems and accurate ab initio calculations of cluster characteristics of nuclei is devised. The essential block of the approach is a construction of a basis which…
Electron dynamics in metallic clusters are examined using a time-dependent density functional theory that in-cludes a "memory term", i.e. attempts to describe temporal non-local correlations. Using the Iwamoto, Gross and Kohn…
The classical theory of grain nucleation suffers from both theoretical and predictive deficiencies. We strive to alleviate these deficiencies in our understanding of dust formation and growth by utilizing an atomistic model of nucleation.…
A general method to obtain a representation of the structural landscape of nanoparticles in terms of a limited number of variables is proposed. The method is applied to a large dataset of parallel tempering molecular dynamics simulations of…
The structure of finite self-assembling systems depends sensitively on the number of constituent building blocks. Recently, it was demonstrated that hard sphere-like colloidal particles show a magic number effect when confined in spherical…
The local electronic structures of La2CuO4, three members of the Yttrium-family (YBa2Cu3O6, YBa2Cu3O7, and YBa2Cu4O8), and to some extent of Nd2CuO4 have been determined using all-electron ab-initio cluster calculations for clusters…
Fission of doubly charged metal clusters is studied using the open-shell two-center deformed jellium Hartree-Fock model and Local Density Approximation. Results of calculations of the electronic structure and fission barriers for the…
Global minimum structures of neutral (Fe2O3)n clusters with n = 1-5 were determined employing the genetic algorithm in combination with ab initio parameterized interatomic potentials and subsequent refinement at the density functional…
In this work, we have used the exchange-only optimized effective potential in the self-consistent calculations of the density functional Kohn-Sham equations for simple metal clusters in stabilized jellium model with self-compression. The…
Second electron affinities of Au_N and Ag_N clusters and the dissociation energies for fission of the Au_N^{2-} and Ag_N^{2-} dianions are calculated using the finite-temperature shell-correction method and allowing for triaxial…