Effects of solvation shells and cluster size on the reaction of aluminum clusters with water

AIP Advances

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Mou, Weiwei ^a   Ohmura, Satoshi ^a,b   Hemeryck, Anne ^a,c   Shimojo, Fuyuki ^a,b   Kalia, Rajiv K ^a   Nakano, Aiichiro ^a   Vashishta, Priya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LAAS CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GASES; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; PHASE INTERFACES; PROTON TRANSFER; REACTION KINETICS; SOLVATION;

ALUMINUM CLUSTERS; ATOMISTIC MECHANISM; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; GROTTHUSS MECHANISM; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; QUANTUM MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SIZE SELECTIVITY; SOLVATION SHELL;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84855398963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3664751     Document Type: Article

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