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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 93, Issue 24, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.246105
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Surprisingly large, spontaneous electric dipole moments recently observed in homonuclear niobium clusters below 100 K (Moro et al., 2003) are explained using first-principles electronic structure calculations. The calculated moments for Nb-n (nless than or equal to15) generally agree with the experimental data. A strong correlation is found between the geometrical asymmetry of the cluster and electric dipole: its magnitude is proportional to the spread in the principal moments of inertia and its direction aligns with the axis of the largest principal moment. Charge deformation densities reveal directional, partially covalent bonds that stabilize structural asymmetry. Classical simulations of the deflection of a cluster in a molecular beam reveal that the electronic dipole may persist at higher temperatures, but is masked by the rotational dynamics of the cluster.
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