On the ground state structure of neutral Cun (n=12,14,16,18,20) clusters

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1021, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-48

  Calaminici, Patrizia ^a   Pérez Romero, Mario ^a   Vásquez Pérez, José M ^a   Köster, Andreas M ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Born Oppenheimer molecular dynamics (BOMD); Copper clusters; Density functional theory (DFT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884989219     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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