The importance of being tetrahedral: the cadmium pyramids CdN; N = 4, 10, 20, 35 and 56†
Abstract
Using quasirelativistic density functional theory, we show the surprising stability of the tetrahedral cadmium pyramids Cd4, Cd10, Cd20, Cd35 and Cd56.
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Using quasirelativistic density functional theory, we show the surprising stability of the tetrahedral cadmium pyramids Cd4, Cd10, Cd20, Cd35 and Cd56.
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M. P. Johansson and P. Pyykkö, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2004, 6, 2907 DOI: 10.1039/B406562J
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