An implementation of a novel strategy for cluster geometry optimization, using a stochastic method, is applied. This algorithm is based on the spirit of Big Bang theory. The strategy consists on a three-step procedure; a ...

Genetic algorithms (GA) were used to investigate the stable isomers of silicon clusters. In order to find the cluster structures, a semiempirical energy function was used by the GA that were further optimized using ...

Using molecular-dynamics simulations, we study the processes underlying the stopping of energetic clusters upon impact in matter. We investigate self-bombardment of both a metallic (Cu) and a van-der-Waals bonded (frozen ...

The calculations of the static sipole polarizability of atomic clusters will be discussed. The theoretical metodologies to do the calculations will be briefly analyzed. First, the most important aspects of the calculations ...

This paper presents the results obtained using a genetic algorithm (GA) to search for stable structures of medium-size silicon clusters. This is the third report in which a GA coupled with the MSINDO semiempirical molecular ...

We perform a theoretical study of the response of neutral and ionized metal clusters to the elastic impact of slow electrons. We center our attention on Na40 and Na41+ closed-shell clusters. A phase-shift analysis is ...

The electronic structure and geometry of clusters of the type Li nCum, LinCum+1 (n, m ≤ 4), Lin, and Cun (n ≤ 8) were theoretically investigated using density functional methods. The LinCum bimetallic system is important ...

This paper presents the results obtained using a genetic algorithm (GA) to search for stable structures of Cu-silicon clusters. In this work the GA uses a semiempirical energy function to find the best cluster structures, ...