Hund's rule in superatoms with transition metal impurities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 25, 2011, Pages 10062-10066

  Medel, Victor M ^a   Reveles, Jose Ulises ^a   Khanna, Shiv N ^a   Chauhan, Vikas ^b   Sen, Prasenjit ^b   Castleman, A Welford ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARISH CHANDRA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Jellium model; Magnetic superatoms; Superatomic shells

Indexed keywords

IRON MAGNESIUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERATOM;

EID: 79960021493     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100129108     Document Type: Article

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