Anion stabilization in electrostatic environments

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 682-688

  Olivares Amaya, Roberto ^a   Stopa, Michael ^b   Andrade, Xavier ^a,c   Watson, Mark A ^a   Aspuru Guzik, Alán ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE STABILIZATION; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON LOCALIZATION FUNCTION; ELECTROSTATIC ENVIRONMENTS; GASPHASE; IMAGE EFFECTS; INDUCED DIPOLES; METALLIC PLATE; MOLECULAR TRANSPORT JUNCTIONS; NANOSCALE DEVICE; NEGATIVE BIAS; ORIENTATIONAL EFFECTS; VOLTAGE BIAS; ZERO BIAS;

BENZENE; CHARGE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; STABILIZATION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

NEGATIVE IONS;

EID: 79953782797     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200120w     Document Type: Article

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