Novel structural motifs in clusters of dipolar spheres: knots, links, and coils |
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Authors: | Miller Mark A Wales David J |
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Affiliation: | University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom. |
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Abstract: | We present the structures of putative global potential energy minima for clusters bound by the Stockmayer (Lennard-Jones plus point dipole) potential. A rich variety of structures is revealed as the cluster size and dipole strength are varied. Most remarkable are groups of closed-loop structures with the topology of knots and links. Despite the large number of possibilities, energetically optimal structures exhibit only a few such topologies. |
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