Photoelectron imaging and theoretical investigation of bimetallic Bi 1-2Ga0-2- and Pb1-4- cluster anions

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Sobhy, M A ^a   Reveles, J Ulises ^b   Gupta, Ujjwal ^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

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON AFFINITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ANISOTROPY PARAMETERS; AROMATIC CLUSTERS; CLUSTER ANIONS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON KINETIC ENERGIES; ELECTRON NUMBERS; ELECTRON SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC BANDS; EVEN-ODD EFFECTS; EXCHANGE-CORRELATION POTENTIALS; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; NUMBER OF ELECTRONS; ORBITAL SYMMETRIES; PHOTO DETACHMENTS; PHOTOELECTRON ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS; PHOTOELECTRON IMAGES; PHOTOELECTRON IMAGING; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRUM; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; VELOCITY-MAP IMAGING; VERTICAL DETACHMENT ENERGIES;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 59949093779     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3069295     Document Type: Article

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