College of Material Science and Engineering, Sichuan University,
Chengdu 610065, China; Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Sichuan University,
Chengdu 610065, China
Abstract:
The possible geometrical and the electronic structures of
small MgnNi (n=1-7) clusters are optimised by the density
functional theory with a LANL2DZ basis set. The binding energy, the
energy gap, the electron affinity, the dissociation energy and the
second difference in energy are calculated and discussed. The
properties of MgnNi clusters are also discussed when the number
of Mg atom increases.