Competition between mixing and segregation in bimetallic Ag nRbn clusters (n = 2-10)

Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1013-1021

  Fournier, Rene ^a   Zamiruddin, Shaima ^a   Zhang, Min ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bimetallic clusters; Global energy minima; Nanostructured materials; Segregation; Zintl compounds

Indexed keywords

AG ATOMS; ATOMIC CHARGE; BIMETALLIC CLUSTERS; CLUSTER-ASSEMBLED MATERIALS; CORE-SHELL; CUBIC SHAPE; GLOBAL ENERGY MINIMA; GLOBAL MINIMA; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; IONIC CHARACTER; METALLIC BONDING; MINIMUM-ENERGY STRUCTURES; POTENTIAL BUILDING BLOCKS; SEGREGATION; TABOO SEARCH; ZINTL COMPOUND; ZINTL COMPOUNDS;

ATOMS; BUILDING MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FLOCCULATION; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY);

RUBIDIUM;

EID: 68349087003     PISSN: 00084042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/V09-065     Document Type: Article

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