Multiple isomers in the photoelectron spectra of small mono-niobium carbide clusters

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 134, Issue 18, 2011, Pages

  Iordanov, Ivan ^a   Sofo, Jorge O ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE; ISOMERS; NIOBIUM; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS;

EXPERIMENTAL SPECTRA; LINEAR STRUCTURES; METASTABLE GEOMETRIES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRUM; SINGLE STRUCTURE; SYMMETRY ADAPTED CLUSTERS; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THEORETICAL SPECTRA;

PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84863280827     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3587242     Document Type: Article

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