Structural motifs and stability of small argon-nitrogen clusters

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 9021-9029

  Hewage, Jinasena W ^a,b   Amar, François G ^a  

^a University of Maine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOPHORES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; KINETIC ENERGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN; PHASE DIAGRAMS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ARGON-NITROGEN CLUSTERS;

ARGON;

EID: 0344467225     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1614751     Document Type: Article

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