Atomic structures and electronic properties of small Au-Ag binary clusters: Effects of size and composition

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 993, Issue , 2012, Pages 36-44

  Hong, Liang ^a   Wang, Haoliang ^a   Cheng, Jingxin ^a   Huang, Xiaoming ^a   Sai, Linwei ^a   Zhao, Jijun ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Binary clusters; Genetic algorithm; Lowest energy structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863857796     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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