B80 and other medium-sized boron clusters: Core-shell structures, not hollow cages

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 114, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 9969-9972

  Zhao, Jijun ^a   Wang, Lu ^a   Li, Fengyu ^a,b   Chen, Zhongfang ^a,b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON CLUSTERS; CLUSTER CONFIGURATIONS; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL; CORE-SHELL CLUSTERS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GLOBAL MINIMA; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRUM; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 77956746440     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1018873     Document Type: Article

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