Theoretical studies on ionization potential of aluminum clusters

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 3602-3612

  Phung, Thi Viet Bac ^a   Hashimoto, Taihei ^a   Nishikawa, Kyoshi ^a   Nagao, Hidemi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aluminum nanoclusters; Electron affinity; First principles calculations; Ionization potential; Superconducting energy gap

Indexed keywords

ALN; ALUMINIUM CLUSTERS; ALUMINUM CLUSTERS; AVERAGE ENERGY; CHEMICAL HARDNESS; COLLECTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CRITICAL SIZE; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HIGHER ORDER; JELLIUM; LARGE CLUSTERS; LEVEL SPACING; METALLIC CLUSTERS; PLANE-WAVE BASIS SET; PROJECTOR-AUGMENTED WAVES; SIMPLE MODEL; SIZE DEPENDENCE; SUPERCONDUCTING ENERGY GAP; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM NITRIDE; BIOLOGY; ELECTRON AFFINITY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP; NANOCLUSTERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SOLIDS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

IONIZATION POTENTIAL;

EID: 73049084315     PISSN: 00207608     EISSN: 1097461X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qua.22361     Document Type: Conference Paper

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