Abstract
First-principles electronic structure calculations show that boron clusters , , , , and based on icosahedral- stuffed fullerenes are more stable than the fullerenelike boron clusters. These more stable structures are envisaged as an icosahedral each vertex of which is connected to the apex of a pentagonal pyramid () via radial bonds. The resulting () retains the same symmetry as , and the () clusters are generated around it. We further project the possibility of producing such based giant clusters.
- Received 14 December 2007
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.165504
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