Infrared spectra and quantum chemical calculations of the uranium-carbon molecules UC, CUC, UCH, and U(CC)2

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Xuefeng ^a,b   Andrews, Lester ^a   Ma, Dongxia ^c   Gagliardi, Laura ^c   Gonçalves, António P ^d   Pereira, Cludia C L ^d   Marçalo, Joaquim ^d   Godart, Claude ^e   Villeroy, Benjamin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^e CNRS Université Paris Est Créteil Val de Marne   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY TARGET; ANTI-SYMMETRIC; C ATOMS; CARBON BEARING; CARBON RICH; DIATOMIC MOLECULES; INFRARED SPECTRUM; ISOTOPIC FREQUENCIES; LASER EVAPORATION; LOWER ENERGIES; NEON MATRICES; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; SOLID ARGON; STRETCHING VIBRATIONS; TRIPLE BONDS;

ARGON; ARGON LASERS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ISOTOPES; MOLECULES; NEON; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; STRETCHING; URANIUM;

URANIUM CARBIDE;

EID: 79960192162     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3602325     Document Type: Article

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