An ab initio study of the electronic and geometric structures of Si mCn + cationic nanoclusters

European Physical Journal D

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-407

  Pradhan, P ^a   Ray, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION POTENTIAL;

AB INITIO STUDY; BASIS SETS; CATIONIC CLUSTER; CATIONICS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL-THEORY; ELECTRONIC AND GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES; GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; LOCAL DENSITY-APPROXIMATION; LOCAL-DENSITY APPROXIMATION; RELATIVE ENERGIES;

LOCAL DENSITY APPROXIMATION;

EID: 33244472822     PISSN: 14346060     EISSN: 14346079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2005-00333-0     Document Type: Article

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