Prompted by the very recent claim that the volleyball-shaped B80 fullerene [X. Wang, Phys. Rev. B 82, 153409 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.153409] is lower in energy than the B80 buckyball [N. G. Szwacki, A. Sadrzadeh, and B. I. Yakobson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 166804 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.166804] and core-shell structure [J. Zhao, L. Wang, F. Li, and Z. Chen, J. Phys. Chem. A 114, 9969 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1021/jp1018873], and inspired by the most recent finding of another core-shell isomer as the lowest energy B80 isomer [S. De, A. Willand, M. Amsler, P. Pochet, L. Genovese, and S. Goedecher, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 225502 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.225502], we carefully evaluated the performance of the density functional methods in the energetics of boron clusters and confirmed that the core-shell construction (stuffed fullerene) is thermodynamically the most favorable structural pattern for B80. Our global minimum search showed that both B101 and B103 also prefer a core-shell structure and that B103 can reach the complete core-shell configuration. We called for great attention to the theoretical community when using density functionals to investigate boron-related nanomaterials.
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B80 and B101–103 clusters: Remarkable stability of the core-shell structures established by validated density functionalsa) Available to Purchase
Fengyu Li;
Fengyu Li
1Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry,
University of Puerto Rico
, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00923, USA
2Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams,
Dalian University of Technology
, Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, China
3College of Advanced Science and Technology,
Dalian University of Technology
, Dalian 116024, China
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Peng Jin;
Peng Jin
4State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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De-en Jiang;
De-en Jiang
5Chemical Sciences Division,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
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Lu Wang;
Lu Wang
2Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams,
Dalian University of Technology
, Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, China
3College of Advanced Science and Technology,
Dalian University of Technology
, Dalian 116024, China
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Shengbai B. Zhang;
Shengbai B. Zhang
6Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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Jijun Zhao;
Jijun Zhao
b)
2Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams,
Dalian University of Technology
, Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, China
3College of Advanced Science and Technology,
Dalian University of Technology
, Dalian 116024, China
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Zhongfang Chen
Zhongfang Chen
b)
1Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry,
University of Puerto Rico
, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00923, USA
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Fengyu Li
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Peng Jin
4
De-en Jiang
5
Lu Wang
2,3
Shengbai B. Zhang
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Jijun Zhao
2,3,b)
Zhongfang Chen
1,b)
1Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry,
University of Puerto Rico
, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00923, USA
2Key Laboratory of Materials Modification by Laser, Ion and Electron Beams,
Dalian University of Technology
, Ministry of Education, Dalian 116024, China
3College of Advanced Science and Technology,
Dalian University of Technology
, Dalian 116024, China
4State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics,
Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics
, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
5Chemical Sciences Division,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
6Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
, Troy, New York 12180, USA
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Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic add-resses: [email protected] and [email protected].
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This paper is dedicated to Professor Alexander I. Boldyrev on the occasion of his 60th birthday.
J. Chem. Phys. 136, 074302 (2012)
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October 05 2011
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January 17 2012
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Fengyu Li, Peng Jin, De-en Jiang, Lu Wang, Shengbai B. Zhang, Jijun Zhao, Zhongfang Chen; B80 and B101–103 clusters: Remarkable stability of the core-shell structures established by validated density functionals. J. Chem. Phys. 21 February 2012; 136 (7): 074302. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3682776
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