Structural and magnetic isomers of M (BN)36 and M4 (BN)36 clusters (M=Ti,V,Cr,Mn,Fe,Co,Ni,Cu): An ab initio density functional study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Nigam, Sandeep ^a   Kulshreshtha, S K ^a   Majumder, Chiranjib ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

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EID: 40949118421     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.075438     Document Type: Article

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