Archimedean polyhedron structure yields a lower energy atomic cluster

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 75-78

  Barron C ^a   Gomez S ^b   Romero, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE LA MIXTECA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Atomic cluster; Global optimization; Icosahedral structures; Lennard Jones potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011019820     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0893-9659(96)00076-6     Document Type: Article

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