Magnetic and electronic properties of the nickel clusters Nin (n≤30)

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 978, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 41-46

  Song, Wei ^a   Lu, Wen Cai ^a,b   Wang, C Z ^c   Ho, K M ^c  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron affinities; Ionization potentials; Magnetic properties; Nickel clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555177268     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2011.09.028     Document Type: Article

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