Electronic-structure-induced deformations of liquid metal clusters
- 15 July 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 52 (3) , 1540-1543
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.52.1540
Abstract
Ab initio molecular dynamics is used to study deformations of sodium clusters at temperatures 500–1100 K. The open-shell cluster has shape isomers, prolate and oblate, in the liquid state. The deformation is stabilized by opening a gap at the Fermi level. The closed-shell remains magic also at the liquid state.
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