Research Letter

Study of Magnesium Diboride Clusters Using Hybrid Density Functional Theory

Table 1

Optimized bond length in angstroms.

MgB2(MgB2)2(MgB2)3B2B4B6

𝑟 1 = 1.551 𝑟 1 = 1.726 𝑟 1 = 1.545 𝑟 1 = 1.641 𝑟 1 = 1.522 𝑟 1 = 1.797
𝑟 2 = 2.197 𝑟 2 = 1.581 𝑟 2 = 1.585 𝑟 2 = 1.586
𝑟 3 = 2.157 𝑟 3 = 1.730 𝑟 3 = 1.573
𝑟 4 = 2.254 𝑟 4 = 1.700 𝑟 4 = 1.541
𝑟 5 = 2.247
𝑟 6 = 2.323
𝑟 7 = 3.352
𝑟 8 = 2.800