A global optimisation study of the low-lying isomers of the alumina octomer (Al${}_2$O${}_3$)${}_8$

David Gobrecht, Leen Decin, Sergio Cristallo +1

We employ the Monte-Carlo Basin-Hopping (MC-BH) global optimisation technique with inter- atomic pair potentials to generate low-energy candidates of stoichiometric alumina octomer…