Structural optimization of silver clusters from Ag141 to Ag310 using a Modified Dynamic Lattice Searching method with Constructed core

►A highly efficient cluster optimization method is proposed. ► The structures of silver clusters from Ag141 to Ag310 are systematically optimized. ► The previous global minima are improved for 19 clusters. ► The known global minima are reproduced for 22 clusters. ► For the other clusters under investigation, global minima are reported for the first time.