The [Aun,Si]-, n=1-4, potential energy surface: Competition between Au-Si and Au-Au bonding

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 132, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Cao, Yali ^a,b   Van Der Linde, Christian ^b   Höckendorf, Robert F ^a,b   Beyer, Martin K ^a,b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU-AU BOND; DENSITY OF STATE; DOUBLET STATE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GASPHASE; HIGH SYMMETRY; LOCAL MINIMUMS; MINIMUM STRUCTURES; RAPID COOLING; SILICON CLUSTERS; SPIN STATE; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; TRANSITION STATE; VIBRATIONAL FREQUENCIES;

GOLD COMPOUNDS; ISOMERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPIN DYNAMICS;

SILICON;

EID: 77953556006     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3432760     Document Type: Article

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