SOME RECENT APPLICATIONS OF AB-INITIO ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE METHODS TOMETAL, SEMIMETAL, AND MOLECULAR CLUSTERS

Recent experimental and theoretical cluster studies are reviewed. Area s of current and developing interest in theoretical and computational chemistry are identified. Some promising methods applied to metal clus ters, main group clusters, molecular clusters, spectroscopy, and model s of cluster-molecule reactions are indicated. Results of calculations on small hydrogenated lithium clusters and hydrated sodium clusters a re discussed in some detail.