Research Letter

Study of Magnesium Diboride Clusters Using Hybrid Density Functional Theory

Figure 2

Lowest energy equilibrium structure of (MgB2)3 and B6. Panel 2(a) and 2(b) show two different perspectives of (MgB2)3; panel 2(c) shows the NBO for the lowest energy equilibrium structure of (MgB2)3; and panel 2(d) shows the lowest energy equilibrium structure for B6.
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