Nature of the metal-nonmetal transition in metal-ammonia solutions. I. Solvated electrons at low metal concentrations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 127, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Chuev, Gennady N ^a,b   Qúmerais, Pascal ^c   Crain, Jason ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; PERMITTIVITY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLARIZATION; SOLVATION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

FINITE METAL CONCENTRATIONS; LOW METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL-AMMONIA SOLUTIONS (MAS); POLARIZABLE FLUIDS; SOLVATED ELECTRONS;

AMMONIA;

ALKALI METAL; AMMONIA; SOLVENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALGORITHMS; AMMONIA; ELECTRONS; METALS, ALKALI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 37549035950     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2812244     Document Type: Article

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