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When one thinks in terms of the many fused-ring isomers with unsatisfied valences at the edges that would naturally arise from a graphite fragmentation, this result seems impossible there is not much to choose between such isomers in terms of stability. If one tries to shift to a tetrahedral diamond structure, the entire surface of the cluster will be covered with unsatisfied valences. Thus a search was made for some other plausible structure which would satisfy all sp valences. Only a spheroidal structure appears likely to satisfy this criterion, and thus Buckminster Fuller s studies were consulted (see, for example, ref. 7). An unusually beautiful (and probably unique) choice is the truncated icosahedron depicted in Fig. 1. As mentioned above, all valences are satisfied with this structure, and the molecule appears to be aromatic. The structure has the symmetry of the icosahedral group. The inner and outer surfaces are covered with a sea of v electrons. The diameter of this C o molecule is 7 A, providing an inner cavity which appears to be capable of holding a variety of atoms. ... 

Equations (2.38) and (2.48) show that the stationary nucleation rate is a different function of the supersaturation depending on the mechanism of the atoms attachment to the critical cluster. Therefore the question arises how to choose between the two expressions when interpreting experimental data for the stationary nucleation rate As shown in [2.34, 2.35] the problem can be solved by verifying whether / depends on the concentration of the... 

Female Lomamyia lay their eggs clustered on little stalks they attach to termite-infested wood. How they choose egg sites is unexplored. When the eggs hatch, the larvae crawl down the stalk and into the wood to search out termite nests, where they make their home. The resident termites seem to accept them, although the larvae are cautious when termites are nearby. Do the larvae smell like termites Despite the apparent peace between them, the larvae live by preying upon the termites in an odd manner. 

K-means cluster analysis is an excellent method for the reduction of individual-partide datai if extra clusters are used to allow for the non-spherical shape and natural variability of atmospheric particles. The "merge" method for choosing seedpoints is useful for detecting the types of lew abundance particles that are interesting for urban atmospheric studies. Application to the Phoenix aerosol suggests that the ability to discriminate between various types of crustal particles may yield valuable information in addition to that derived from particle types more commonly associated with anthropogenic activity. 

An advantage of a cluster calculation for the lateral interactions is that one can sometimes make a model that definitely has only one type of lateral interaction. For example, if one wants to compute the pair interaction between two adsorbates, one simply puts just these two adsorbates on the cluster. With a periodic calculation this is not possible the periodicity always gives you an infinite number of adsorbates, and to get the pair interaction of interest one needs to make an assumption about the other lateral interactions that are in principle present. This means that in a periodic calculation one chooses one of... 

Previous theoretical work on small Cu clusters has attempted to make a subdivision between covalent and electrostatic contributions to the total adsorption energy. The conclusion was that the major part of the adsorption energy can be associated to the electrostatic contribution [18,113]. A standard CSOV analysis does not resolve this issue since there is no straightforward way to make a subdivision between the contributions polarization steps are also important for the formation of covalent bonds. Instead we choose to investigate how much of the adsorption energy that can be accounted for by utilizing a purely electrostatic model this provides an upper limit to the electrostatic contribution. 

At the same time, it seems reasonable to reduce considerably the set of adjustable parameters. Actually, certain relations exist between them, originating both from their physical nature and the method of their determination. So the overlap intergrals SAB, which alongside the VOIP of atom A affect essentially the main characteristics of the electron structure of a cluster, depend on nA, /A, A, and RAB. The arbitrariness in choosing these parameters is therefore obvious. Taking into account, in addition, the model nature of the very cluster scheme which is directed to make some qualitative conclusions, it seems inappropriate to attach too much importance to this maximal optimization. 

Compound selection is a core process of library design, and three main methods can be mentioned. Dissimilarity-based methods select compounds in terms of similar-ity/distance between individuals in chemical space. Clustering methods first group compounds into clusters based on similarity/distance and then choose representative compounds from different clusters. Partitioning methods first create a uniform cell space that subdivides the chemical space, then assign all virtual compounds to the relative cells according to their properties, and finally choose representative compounds from different cells. 

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