Filled trivacant icosahedra as building fragments in 17-atom endohedral germanides [<i>TM</i><sub>2</sub>@Ge<sub>17</sub>]<sup><i>n</i>−</sup>(<i>TM</i>= Co, Ni)
Christoph Wallach, Yasmin Selic, Benedikt J. L. Witzel, Wilhelm Klein, Thomas F. Fässler
Abstract
Endohedral germanides [ TM 2 @Ge 17 ] n − ( TM = Co, Ni) comprising structure motifs of twelve-atom icosahedral clusters mark intermediates for cluster growth mechanisms.
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