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The structure of elemental and molecular clusters

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In order to understand crystal growth on a microscopic level it is necessary to know the sequence of structures a cluster assumes as it evolves from a molecule into a crystal. Small clusters reconstruct every time a molecule is added. After reaching a critical size, clusters take on the structure of a bulk material and therefore might appropriately be called microcrystals. This paper reviews some of the recent work on the structure of clusters and microcrystals with various types of bonding; ionic, metallic, van der Waals, covalent and hydrogen.

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Martin, T.P. (1984). The structure of elemental and molecular clusters. In: Grosse, P. (eds) Advances in Solid State Physics. Advances in Solid State Physics, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0107443

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