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In the rapidly growing field of cluster physics alkali metals have played a key role. Due to their relative simplicity of preparation, alkali-metal clusters have in fact been studied experimentally for a longer time and more extensively than aggregates of other materials1,2,3. In particular, abundance spectra have revealed the existence of a regular sequence of “magic numbers” which can be understood with a simple jellium shell model2. The interrelation between stability and structure and electronic properties has been investigated with model calculations which include the effect of realistic electron-ion interactions4 and also with calculations following the standard methods of quantum chemistry5 and solid state theory6.
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Andreoni, W., Ballone, P., Car, R., Parrinello, M. (1989). Ab-Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Alkali-Metal Microclusters. In: Vitek, V., Srolovitz, D.J. (eds) Atomistic Simulation of Materials. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5703-2_9
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