Investigation of potential energy landscapes of (H2O)7− and (H2O)8− clusters

- The topologies of the energy surfaces of (H2O)7− and (H2O)8− are investigated.
- Reaction pathways for the formation of (H2O)7− and (H2O)8− clusters are studied.
- One-electron polarization model with Gaussian type basis set is adopted.
- Four low-energy AA isomers of (H2O)7− are newly identified.
- In (H2O)8−, electron binding energies for non-AA and AA isomers are similar.