Fig. 1. Si30H40Li nanocrystals (Top left), Si42H64Li, Si34H36P, and Si46H60P (IMAGE)

Lobachevsky University

Fig. 1. Si30H40Li nanocrystals (Top left), Si42H64Li, Si34H36P, and Si46H60P

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Large gray-blue spheres are silicon atoms; small gray spheres -- hydrogen atoms that saturate dangling surface bonds; lilac central spheres -- lithium ions; orange central spheres -- phosphorus ions.

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