M4 @ Si28 (M=Al,Ga): Metal-encapsulated tetrahedral silicon fullerene

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 123, Issue 20, 2005, Pages

  Gao, Yi ^a   Zeng, X C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ORBITAL; SILICON FULLERENES;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; BINDING ENERGY; ENERGY GAP; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

FULLERENES;

EID: 28344447845     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2121568     Document Type: Article

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