Structures of medium size germanium clusters

Growth behavior and electronic and optical properties of IrGen (n = 1–20) clusters

“…Germanium is an important semiconductor material widely used in the electronics industry and for nanotechnology applications. At the nanoscale, small and medium-sized germanium clusters have been extensively studied in both theoretical and experimental fields [4][5][6][7][8]. Later, in 2010s, much experimental and theoretical research on Gen clusters doped with different transition metal have been reported [3].…”

Electronic properties for small tin clusters Snn (n ≤ 20) from density functional theory and the convergence toward the solid state

“…This is again reflected by a vast range of theoretical studies on the structures of neutral and charged germanium clusters with up to 40 atoms that have been reported. 8,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28] Of more fundamental interest to researchers in this field is to gain information at what cluster size collective phenomena such as electric conductivity or magnetic moments reach the bulk limit. Of specific interest are the electric dipole moment and static dipole polarizability, as they can be measured for specific cluster sizes in beam deflection studies.…”

Laser desorption time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry of atomic switch memory Ge2Sb2Te5 bulk materials and its thin films

“…It is known that germanium, tellurium and antimony themselves form clusters. The formation of tellurium clusters has been studied in detail and it was repeated in this investigation only to check the quality/purity of tellurium used for the synthesis/preparation of GTS. In the plasma plume the same clusters (positively and negatively charged as reported previously) were found, i.e.…”