Abstract
We obtained the geometrical structures of (Al2O3)n (n=1–7) clusters via genetic algorithm plus density functional theory method. Benchmark calculations show that the B3LYP/6-311+G* method is reliable compared to CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ. However, the basis sets have great effect on relative energies of different structures. The global minimum structures are kite-shaped, cage and tea-cozy in structure for n=1, 2 and 3 respectively, disordered at n=4 and 5. At n=6 and 7, a number of lower-energy isomers are obtained compared to the most stable structures obtained by Rahane et al. (J. Phys. Chem. C 115 (2011) 18111–18121). With increasing cluster size, structures show preference of disorder and some new configurations are derived.
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