Observation of negative electron-binding energy in a molecule

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6741, 1999, Pages 245-248

  Wang, Xue Bln ^a   Wang, Lal Sheng ^a  

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Indexed keywords

PHTHALOCYANINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; KINETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033566184     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22286     Document Type: Article

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