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The molecular structures and electronic affinities of the Al n Co/Al n Co − (n=8–16) species have been examined using four hybrid and pure density functional theory (DFT) methods. The basis set used in this work is the 6–31G* all-electron basis set. The geometries are fully optimized with each DFT method independently. Three types of energy separations reported in this work...