Electronic structure of Bi3 Gay(-) semiconductor clusters and the special stability of Bi3 Ga2- - A gas phase Zintl analogue

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 467, Issue 4-6, 2009, Pages 223-229

  Gupta, Ujjwal ^a   Ulises Reveles, J ^b   Melko, Joshua J ^a   Khanna, Shiv N ^b   Castleman Jr , A W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE STABILITY; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIN;

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; GAS PHASE; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NEUTRAL CLUSTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR CLUSTERS; STABLE CLUSTERS; VALENCE ELECTRONS; WADE'S RULES;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 57749085393     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2008.11.036     Document Type: Article

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