M Si20H20 aggregates: From simple building blocks to highly magnetic functionalized materials

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1763-1768

  Palagin, Dennis ^a   Reuter, Karsten ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cluster compounds; doped silicon clusters; magnetic building blocks; material assembly

Indexed keywords

BONDED STRUCTURE; BRIDGE BONDS; BUILDING BLOCKES; CLUSTER COMPOUNDS; CLUSTER-ASSEMBLED MATERIALS; DOCKING SITES; DOPANT ATOMS; DOPED SILICON; ENDOHEDRALS; FUNCTIONALIZED MATERIALS; GLOBAL GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; HIGH SPINS; POLIMERIZATION; REACTIVE SITE; SI CLUSTERS; TRIMER STRUCTURE;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMERS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HISTORIC PRESERVATION; HYDRATES; HYDROGENATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; SILICON;

AGGREGATES;

EID: 84874432698     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3058888     Document Type: Article

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