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    • Materials science
    • Quantum mechanics

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    • Investigating the electronic and structural properties of small sodium clusters is crucial for understanding their behavior.
    • Previous theoretical models often failed to accurately predict sodium cluster polarizabilities, showing a discrepancy with experimental results.

    Discussion:

    • This study employs advanced first-principle all-electron density functional theory (DFT) and Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics (BOMD) simulations to explore temperature-dependent polarizabilities.
    • Extensive BOMD simulations (over 100,000 time steps, >200 ps) were conducted across a wide temperature range (50–900 K) for various sodium cluster sizes.
    • Polarizabilities were calculated using high-level basis sets, including triple-zeta valence polarization with field-induced polarization functions, to capture subtle electronic responses.

    Key Insights:

    • The temperature dependence of sodium cluster polarizabilities is strongly influenced by cluster size.
    • Characteristic changes in polarizability per atom were observed as a function of temperature for several cluster sizes.
    • Incorporating finite temperature effects is essential for resolving the long-standing disagreement between theoretical and experimental polarizability values for sodium clusters.

    Outlook:

    • Future research could extend this methodology to other alkali metal clusters and larger systems.
    • Further investigation into the specific mechanisms driving the observed temperature dependencies could provide deeper insights.
    • Experimental validation of these temperature-dependent polarizability predictions would be valuable.