Gold cluster beyond hollow cage: a double shell structure of Au58.
It is well known that gold cluster can have planar or hollow cagelike structure due to the relativistic effect. In this study, by first principles calculation on the Au(58) cluster, we propose that gold cluster of medium size can form a shell-like structure, which is demonstrated by the remarkable robustness of a double shell structure with a hollow inner shell of ten atoms.
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Key Laboratory for Computational Physical Science, Ministry of Education, China.
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