Structural characterization of niobium-cluster anions from density-functional calculations

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 3683-3691

  Fournier, René ^a   Pang, Tao ^a   Chen, Changfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 17344362442     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.57.3683     Document Type: Article

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