Formation and properties of halogenated aluminum clusters

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 10456-10466

  Bergeron, D E ^a   Castleman Jr , A W ^a   Morisato, T ^b   Khanna, S N ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ETCHING; IODINE; OXYGEN; STABILITY;

ALUMINUM CLUSTERS; ELECTRONIC SHELL CLOSINGS; NOVEL MATERIALS; SALTLIKE STRUCTURES;

HALOGENATION;

EID: 10844279003     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1806416     Document Type: Article

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