From elements to clusters: The periodic table revisited

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1062-1069

  Castleman, A W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ASSEMBLY; NANO-SCALE MATERIALS; PERIODIC TABLE; SUPERATOMS;

EID: 79955899727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200215s     Document Type: Article

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