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Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.109, No.49, 23109-23112, 2005
Novel structural motifs in clusters of dipolar spheres: Knots, links, and coils
We present the structures of putative global potential energy minima for clusters bound by the Stockmayer (Lennard-Jones plus point dipole) potential. A rich variety of structures is revealed as the cluster size and dipole strength are varied. Most remarkable are groups of closed-loop structures with the topology of knots and links. Despite the large number of possibilities, energetically optimal structures exhibit only a few such topologies.