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María Fernanda Manrique-de-la-Cuba1, Luis Leyva-Parra2,3, Diego Inostroza2,3
1Centro de Investigación en Ingeniería Molecular, Universidad Católica de Santa María, 04013, Urb. San José S/N, Umacollo, Arequipa, Perú.
Abstract:
We report the global minima structures of Li8 Si8 , Li10 Si9 , and Li12 Si10 systems, in which silicon moieties maintain structural and chemical bonding characteristics similar to those of their building blocks: the aromatic clusters Td -Li4 Si4 and C2v -Li6 Si5 . Electron counting rules, chemical bonding analysis, and magnetic response properties verify the silicon unit's aromaticity persistence. This study demonstrates the feasibility of assembling silicon-based nanostructures from aromatics clusters as building blocks.
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