Structural motifs of bimetallic Pt101- xAux nanoclusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 40, 2013, Pages 20967-20974

  Dessens Félix, Maribel ^a   Pacheco Contreras, Rafael ^a,b   Barcaro, Giovanni ^c   Sementa, Luca ^c   Fortunelli, Alessandro ^c   Posada Amarillas, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b Universidad de la Sierra   (Mexico)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN-HOPPING METHODS; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CLOSE PACKED STRUCTURES; ELECTRONIC EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL POTENTIALS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NANOCLUSTER STRUCTURE; TRANSITION-METAL CLUSTERS;

MORPHOLOGY; NANOCLUSTERS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84885614042     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406780e     Document Type: Article

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