Structure and stability of charged clusters

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 28, 2012, Pages

  Miller, Mark A ^a   Bonhommeau, David A ^b   Heard, Christopher J ^c   Shin, Yuyoung ^a   Spezia, Riccardo ^d   Gaigeot, Marie Pierre ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^e INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED CLUSTERS; CONTINUUM MODEL; LENNARD-JONES CLUSTER; LIQUID DROPLETS; NANODROPLET; RAYLEIGH; SOLVATION EFFECT; STABLE CLUSTERS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CHARGED PARTICLES;

EID: 84863313597     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/28/284130     Document Type: Article

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