Calculations predict a stable molecular crystal of N8

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-56

  Hirshberg, Barak ^a   Gerber, R Benny ^a,b   Krylov, Anna I ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; ARTICLE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; NITROGEN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84890963951     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1818     Document Type: Article

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