Ab initio approach to the structure and dynamics of metallofullerenes

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 299-306

  Andreoni, W ^a   Curioni, A ^a  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LANTHANUM; LITHIUM; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; METALLOFULLERENES;

FULLERENES;

EID: 0032014687     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003390050670     Document Type: Article

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