Al cluster superatoms as halogens in polyhalides and as alkaline earths in iodide salts

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5707, 2005, Pages 231-235

  Bergeron, D E ^a   Roach, P J ^a   Castleman Jr , A W ^a   Jones, N O ^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; IODINE;

ALUMINUM-IODINE CLUSTERS; SPHERICAL SHELL JELLIUM MODELS; SUPERATOM CHEMISTRY;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS;

ALKALINE EARTH METAL; ALUMINUM; HALIDE; HALOGEN; IODIDE; IODINE;

ALUMINUM; IODIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; EXPERIMENTATION; GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 12244274369     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1105820     Document Type: Article

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