Investigation of the reliability of density functional methods: Reaction and activation energies for Si-Si bond cleavage and H2 elimination from silanes

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 148-158

  Nachtigall, P ^a,c   Jordan, K D ^a,d   Smith, A ^b   Jonsson H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0000095414     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.470885     Document Type: Article

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