“…Stable clusters with new properties can be used as structural units for synthesizing cluster-assembled materials [27][28][29][30], which are novel nanomaterials with potentially far-reaching technological applications in the future. Time-dependent DFT (TDDFT) calculations have shown that semiconductor clusters, such as stoichiometric Zn n O n (n=1-16, 24, 36) [31], Si n C n (n=12, 16,20,30,35,60) [32,33], and B n (n=2-20, 38, 40) [34] clusters, have unique optical properties. Nagare et al [31] systematically investigated the optical and electronic characteristics of Zn n O n (n=1-16, 24, 36) clusters via TDDFT calculations.…”