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Generation of rare-earth clusters is achieved using a gas aggregation technique. Varying the nucleation conditions induces a change in the relative cluster abundances. This can be understood in terms of competing cubic versus icosahedron structures.
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Bréchignac, C., Cahuzac, P., Carlier, F. et al. Generation of rare earth metal clusters by means of the gas-aggregation technique. Z Phys D - Atoms, Molecules and Clusters 19, 195–197 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01448290
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