The Fascinating Symmetries of Golden Clusters Containing Two Skeletal Elements [M-2] in the Cluster Nucleus

Abstract

The golden clusters containing two skeletal atoms in the cluster nucleus have been analyzed more carefully with the help of the 4n series method. Their shapes can reasonably and readily be predicted by mapping the [M-2] capped clusters of 3 to 13 nuclearity onto Pivoriunas geometrical model. Some of these clusters were historically categorized as being spherically centered.