Study of the electronic structure, stability and magnetic quenching of CrGe_n(n = 1–17) clusters: a density functional investigation

Abstract

The current DFT based study of CrGe_n(<italic>n</italic>= 1–20) series shows that the enhanced stability of the ground state clusters CrGe₁₀and CrGe₁₄can be explained by means of 18-electron rule. However, it cannot be applied for highly symmetric CrGe₁₂cluster.