Stability of carbon-nitrogen cages in fourfold symmetry

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4089-4092

  Strout, Douglas L ^a  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON-NITROGEN CAGES; COUPLED-CLUSTER THEORY; HIGH-ENERGY DENSITY MATERIALS (HEDM); STABILITY TRENDS;

CARBON; DISSOCIATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

AZIDE; CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AZIDES; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN;

EID: 33645665623     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0563540     Document Type: Article

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