Evolution of the structural and bonding properties of aluminum-lithium clusters

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Chacko, S ^a   Kanhere, D G ^a   Paranjape, V V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CHARGE TRANSFER; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GROUND STATE; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTERS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); ENERGY SPECTRUM;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 19544364670     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.023204     Document Type: Article

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