Exploring stability of 32-atom gold-silver mixed clusters

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 976, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 183-187

  Deng, Qing Ming ^a   Zhao, Li Xia ^a   Feng, Xiao Juan ^a   Zhang, Meng ^a   Zhang, Wen Li ^a   Fang, Bin ^a   Luo, You Hua ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Au32 nAgn (n=1 31) clusters; Density functional theory; Hollow cage like configurations; Space filling structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84555202730     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2011.08.023     Document Type: Article

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