Nature of metal-nonmetal transition in metal-ammonia solutions. II. from uniform metallic state to inhomogeneous electronic microstructure

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 128, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Chuev, Gennady N ^a   Qúmerais, Pascal ^b  

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

^b LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON GAS; ELECTRONIC STATES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; SOLVATION; SOLVENTS;

DEGENERATE ELECTRON GAS; METAL AMMONIA SOLUTIONS; METALLIC STATES; SOLVENT POLARIZABILITY;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

AMMONIA; METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; PHASE TRANSITION;

AMMONIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; METALS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 42149163342     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2883695     Document Type: Article

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