ELECTRONIC-PROPERTIES OF SOLID COMPOSED OF AL12GE CLUSTERS

The ab initio pseudopotential local-density studies on the electronic structure and geometry of a theoretical solid are presented with Al12G e cluster serving as the building block of the material. The results s how that bulk material formed from cubic close-packing of Al12Ge clust ers will eventually be an aluminum-like metal when lattice parameter o f the solid and atomic geometry of the clusters are optimized by the c rystal field.