Density-functional-theory study of 13-atom metal clusters M13, M=Ta-Pt

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Min ^a   Fournier, René ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLOSED SHELLS; CLUSTER ISOMERS; ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATIONS; EXCHANGE CORRELATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GLOBAL MINIMUM; GROUND-STATE ATOMS; LOW ENERGIES; LOWEST-ENERGY ISOMERS; METAL CLUSTERS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; QUASICRYSTALLINE; SPIN MULTIPLICITIES; STRUCTURAL TRENDS;

ATOMS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GROUND STATE; IRIDIUM; OSMIUM; PLATINUM; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SPIN DYNAMICS; TANTALUM;

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EID: 65549140346     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.043203     Document Type: Article

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