Structures, stabilities and ordering in Ni-Al nanoalloy clusters

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-55

  Bailey, M S ^a,b   Wilson, N T ^a   Roberts, C ^a   Johnston, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; ISOMERS; NICKEL; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINIUM CLUSTERS; LOWEST-ENERGY ISOMERS; NANO-ALLOYS; NI CLUSTERS; NICKEL ALUMINUM; NICKEL CLUSTERS; NUCLEARITY; RELATIVE STABILITIES; STRUCTURE ORDERING; STRUCTURE STABILITY;

ATOMS;

EID: 0042730095     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2003-00218-2     Document Type: Article

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