Structural and electronic properties of Aun (n=2-10) clusters and their interactions with single S atoms: Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Majumder, Chiranjib ^a   Kulshreshtha, S K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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EID: 33646235209     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.155427     Document Type: Article

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