Insights into the magnetic origin of CunCr (n= 9÷11) clusters: A superposition of magnetic and electronic shells

Nguyen Thi Mai, Ngo Thi Lan, Nguyen Thanh Tung
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  • Nguyen Thi Mai Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
  • Ngo Thi Lan Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
  • Nguyen Thanh Tung Graduate University of Science and Technology, VAST, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15625/2525-2518/58/1/14118

Keywords:

copper-chromium clusters, magnetic moment, superatoms, s-d hybridization

Abstract

Interests in Cu-Cr sub-nanometer systems have been increasing due to the recently-found icosahedral Cu12Cr cluster as a superatomic molecule, where the 3d-Cr and 4s-Cu electrons can phenomenologically form the 18-e molecular shell (1S21P61D10) of Cu12Cr. In this report, we set out to investigate the energetically-preferred geometries and stabilities of CunCr (n = 9÷11) clusters using the density-functional-theory calculations. It is found that not all of 3d-Cr electrons involve in the formation of the cluster shell and the remaining localized ones cause the magnetic moment of the clusters, which is different from what was believed.

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21-02-2020

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N. T. Mai, N. T. Lan, and N. T. Tung, “Insights into the magnetic origin of CunCr (n= 9÷11) clusters: A superposition of magnetic and electronic shells”, Vietnam J. Sci. Technol., vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 31–38, Feb. 2020.

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