Optimum metallic-bond scheme: Theoretical study of geometric structures for ground-state sodium clusters

Science in China, Series A: Mathematics, Physics, Astronomy

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 906-918

  Su, Changrong ^a   Li, Jiaming ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Clusters; Geometric structures; Metallic bond; Sodium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346426687     PISSN: 10069283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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