TY - JOUR KW - paper AU - M Marques AU - Silvana Botti AB - The optical response of the lowest-energy isomers of the B-20 family is calculated using time-dependent density-functional theory within a real-space, real-time scheme. Significant differences are found among the absorption spectra of the clusters studied. We show that these differences can be easily related to changes in the overall geometry. Optical spectroscopy is thus an efficient tool to characterize the planar-to-tubular structural transition, known to be present in these boron-based systems. BT - JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS CY - CIRCULATION \& FULFILLMENT DIV, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1 N O 1, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA DA - JUL 1 DO - 10.1063/1.1948386 M1 - 1 N2 - The optical response of the lowest-energy isomers of the B-20 family is calculated using time-dependent density-functional theory within a real-space, real-time scheme. Significant differences are found among the absorption spectra of the clusters studied. We show that these differences can be easily related to changes in the overall geometry. Optical spectroscopy is thus an efficient tool to characterize the planar-to-tubular structural transition, known to be present in these boron-based systems. PB - AMER INST PHYSICS PP - CIRCULATION \& FULFILLMENT DIV, 2 HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE, STE 1 N O 1, MELVILLE, NY 11747-4501 USA PY - 2005 T2 - JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS TI - The planar-to-tubular structural transition in boron clusters from optical absorption UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1948386 VL - 123 ER -