Geometric, electronic, and optical properties of monomer and assembly of endohedral aluminum superatomic clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 21551-21557

  Iwasa, Takeshi ^a,b   Nakajima, Atsushi ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM CLUSTERS; CHARGE DEPLETION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL COMPUTATIONS; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ICOSAHEDRAL STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZED STRUCTURES; PROJECTED DENSITY OF STATE; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMOLECULES; CHARGE TRANSFER; DIMERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; MONOMERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SILICON;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84885981154     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406054k     Document Type: Article

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