Fluxional and aromatic behavior in small magic silicon clusters: A full ab initio study of Sin, Sin 1-, Sin 2-, and Sin 1+, n=6, 10 clusters

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Zdetsis, Aristides D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; ELECTRON AFFINITY; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA;

ELECTRON AFFINITIES; MAGIC PROPERTIES; VIBRATIONALLY RESOLVED PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34547838706     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2746030     Document Type: Article

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