Combined experimental and theoretical study of AlnX (n = 1-6; X = As, Sb) clusters: Evidence of aromaticity and the jellium model

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2045-2052

  Melko, Joshua J ^a   Clayborne, Peneé A ^b   Jones Jr , Charles E ^a   Ulises Reveles, J ^b   Gupta, Ujjwal ^a   Khanna, Shiv N ^b   Castleman Jr , A W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROMATIC SPECIES; AROMATICITIES; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; ELECTRONIC SHELLS; EMBEDDING ENERGY; ENERGETIC STABILITY; FIRST PRINCIPLES ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; JELLIUM; JELLIUM MODEL; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; PLANAR GEOMETRIES; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALENCE ELECTRON;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; METAL RECOVERY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

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EID: 77249123030     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp908406h     Document Type: Article

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