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High-level ab initio evidence of bipyramidal Cu5 clusters as fluxional Jahn-Teller molecules
Alexander O Mitrushchenkov1, María Pilar de Lara-Castells2
1Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire de Modélisation et Simulation Multi Echelle UMR 8208 CNRS, Univ Gustave Eiffel, 5 Bd Descartes, 77454, Marne la Vallée, Cedex 2, France.
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The front cover artwork is provided by María Pilar de Lara-Castells, Head of the AbinitFot Group at IFF-CSIC (Madrid), Coordinator of the National Project "COSYES", and Chair of the COST Action CA21101 "COSY", and Alexander O. Mitrushchenkov from the Université Paris-Est. The image shows the connection between the Jahn-Teller effect featured by bypiramidal Cu5 clusters and the property of fluxionality. Cover design by Katarzyna Krupka. Read the full text of the Research Article at 10.1002/cphc.202300317.
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