Description of ligand field splitting in terms of density functional theory: Split levels of the lowest-lying subterms of the 4fn-16s2 (n=3-14) configurations in lanthanide monofluorides LnF (Ln=Pr-Yb)

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 8479-8484

  Ren, J ^a   Whangbo, M H ^a   Dai, Dadi ^b   Li, Lemin ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 0039666107     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.476276     Document Type: Article

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