Clusters

Minh Tho NGUYEN is a Full Professor of Chemistry at KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. Boggavarapu KIRAN is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, USA.

• Global Optimisation Strategies for Nanoalloys.- Structural Identification of Doped Silicon Clusters.- Structural  Evolution, Vibrational  Signatures  and  Energetics  of  Niobium Clusters  from  Nb2  to  Nb20.- Submersion Kinetics of Ionized Impurities into Helium Droplets by Ring Polymer Molecular Simulations Dynamics.- Structure, Stability and Electron Counting Rules in Transition Metal Encapsulated Silicon and Germaniun Clusters.- Transition Metal Doped Boron Clusters: Structure and Bonding of BnM2 Cycles and Tubes.- Silicate Nanoclusters: Understanding their Cosmic Relevance from Bottom-up Modelling.- Magnetic Anisotropy Energy of Transition Metal Alloy Clusters.- Growth Pattern and Size-dependent Properties of Lead Chalcogenide Nanoclusters.- Chemical Reactivity and Catalytic Properties of Binary Gold Clusters: Atom by Atom Tuning in a Gas Phase Approach.- Index.