CO oxidation by BN - Fullerene cage: Effect of impurity on the chemical reactivity

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1422-1428

  Nigam, Sandeep ^a   Majumder, Chiranjib ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

BN fullerene; Catalysis; DFT; Metal clusters; Nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIVITY; FULLERENES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BN-FULLERENE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL-; CO-OXIDATION; DFT; FULLERENE; METAL CLUSTERS; NANOMATERIALS; SPIN-POLARIZED DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY; STATE OF THE ARTS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

BORON DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ELBOR; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BORON COMPOUNDS; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 49249087741     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn8001455     Document Type: Article

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