Structures and stabilities of Aln+, Aln, and Aln- (n=13-34) clusters

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Aguado, Andŕs ^a   López, Joś M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; LIGHT METALS; PROGRAMMING THEORY; SPIN DYNAMICS; STACKING FAULTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

AB INITIO TECHNIQUES; ALUMINUM CLUSTERS; ATOMIC PACKINGS; CLUSTER CHARGES; CLUSTER SIZES; CRYSTALLINE LATTICES; DECAHEDRAL STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC EFFECTS; EXCHANGE CORRELATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; GLOBAL MINIMUM; GLOBAL MINIMUM STRUCTURES; LOWER-ENERGY STRUCTURES; PRISMATIC STRUCTURES; SMALL CLUSTERS; THEORETICAL RESULTS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 60349095144     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3075834     Document Type: Article

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