Electronic structure of the benzene dimer cation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Pieniazek, Piotr A ^a   Krylov, Anna I ^a   Bradforth, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING PATTERNS; ELECTRONIC SPECTRUM; SANDWICH CONFIGURATIONS;

BENZENE; DIMERS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

POSITIVE IONS;

BENZENE; CATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; METHODOLOGY;

BENZENE; CATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMERIZATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTATICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION;

EID: 34547558600     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2749506     Document Type: Article

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