TY - JOUR AU - Akola, J. AU - Rytkönen, K. AU - Manninen, M. TI - Metallic evolution of small magnesium clusters JO - The European physical journal / D VL - 16 SN - 1434-6060 CY - Berlin PB - Springer M1 - PreJuSER-44011 SP - 21 PY - 2001 N1 - Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012 AB - Structural and electronic properties of small magnesium clusters (N less than or equal to 13) are studied using a first-principles simulation method in conjunction with the density functional theory and generalized gradient correction approximation for the exchange-correlation energy functional. It is observed that the onset of metallization of magnesium clusters is hard to assign since both the s-p hybridization and the energy gap between the valence and conduction bands do not evolve rapidly towards the known bulk properties. Instead these quantities show a slow and nonmonotonic evolution. KW - J (WoSType) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000172039400005 DO - DOI:10.1007/s100530170051 UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/44011 ER -