Symmetry breaking and structural distortions in charged XH4 (X = C, Si, Ge, Sn, and Pb) molecules

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Balamurugan, D ^a   Harbola, Manoj K ^a   Prasad, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROSTATICS; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONIZATION; POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THEOREM PROVING;

CHARGE DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROSTATIC FORCE; ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ORBITS;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 2542428643     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.69.033201     Document Type: Article

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