Structures and electronic properties of Si-substituted benzenes and their transition-metal complexes

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 136-140

  Mohan, Vaisakh ^a   Datta, Ayan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Clusters; Dynamics; Excited states

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GRAPHENES; HALF-SANDWICH COMPLEXES; HOLE CONDUCTION; METAL COMPLEXATION; PLANARITY; REORGANIZATION ENERGIES; SI ATOMS; SIX-MEMBERED RINGS; SUBSTITUTED BENZENES; TRANSITION-METAL COMPLEX;

BENZENE; BINDING ENERGY; CHROMIUM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DYES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; EXCITED STATES; ISOMERS; METAL COMPLEXES; TRANSITION METALS;

SILICON;

EID: 77149121475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900080q     Document Type: Article

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