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Fig. 24 Lowest-energy
structures of the Au
n
clusters for
n
¼
16-20 as
determined via DFT
calculations.
Figure reproduced from
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]
Table 6 Experimental vertical detachment energies (VDE) and adiabatic detachment energies
(ADE) for Au
n
(
n
¼ 2-20)
Cluster Au
n
Experimental VDE (eV)
Experimental ADE (eV)
References
2
2.01
1.92
[
240
]
3
3.88
3.88
[
240
]
4
2.75
2.70
[
240
]
5
3.09
3.06
[
240
]
6
2.13
2.06
[
240
]
7
3.46
3.40
[
240
]
8
2.79
2.73
[
240
]
9
3.83
3.81
[
240
]
10
3.91
3.89
[
240
]
11
3.80
3.76
[
240
]
12
3.06
3.03
[
240
]
13
3.94
3.91
[
240
]
14
3.00
2.94
[
240
]
15
3.65
-
[
245
]
16
4.03
-
[
245
]
17
4.08
-
[
245
]
18
3.32
-
[
245
]
19
3.74
-
[
245
]
20
2.751
2.745
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]
