Gold clusters and their anions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages R2287-R2290

  Häkkinen, Hannu ^a   Landman, Uzi ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0037495588     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.R2287     Document Type: Article

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