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Comment on "Strontium clusters: Many-body potential, energetics, and structural transitions" [J. Chem. Phys. 115, 3640 (2001)]

Jonathan P. K. Doye and Florent Calvo

J. Chem. Phys. 119, 12680-12681 (2003)

Abstract

Parallel tempering simulations for Sr34 and Sr61 indicate that, contrary to Wang et al.'s predictions [J. Chem. Phys. 115, 3640 (2001)], there are no solid-solid transitions for these clusters, in which symmetrical polytetrahedral structures become most stable. These results have implications for the structural interpretation of the magic numbers observed experimentally for strontium clusters.


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