Tantalum-fullerene clusters: A first-principles study of static properties and dynamical behavior

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Ramaniah, Lavanya M ^a   Boero, Mauro ^b   Laghate, Mohini ^a,c  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; DIMER; FULLERENE; TANTALUM;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HEATING; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULE; SIMULATION; SPECIES; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 42749105478     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.035411     Document Type: Article

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