Structural and electronic properties of Sin, Sin +, and AlSin-1 (n=2-13) clusters: Theoretical investigation based on ab initio molecular orbital theory

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 7756-7763

  Nigam, Sandeep ^a   Majumder, Chiranjib ^a   Kulshreshtha, S K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BINDING ENERGY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

AB INITIO APPROACH; CLUSTERS STRUCTURE; FRAGMENTATION; MOLECULAR ORBITAL (MO) THEORY;

SILICON;

EID: 8344272867     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1791591     Document Type: Article

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