Periodicity of Superatomic Hybrid Orbitals in Substituted Superatoms and Superatomic-like X@Ga12 (X = Li~Kr) Clusters

Takaki Nishimura,Teruyuki Toba,Genta Sakane and Tomohiko Ishii

A superatom is a cluster composed of a specific number of atoms. We recently found that the superatom-like X@Ga12 (X = Li~Kr) clusters has the periodic energy levels of the specific orbitals 2S and 2P by means of the DV-Xα molecular orbital calculation method.

Crystals

MDPI

12

4

543-1

543-12

2073-4352

https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12040543

https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4352/12/4/543