Geometric evolution, stability trend and electronic properties of rhenium-doped gold clusters

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1028, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-105

  Sui, Jian ^a,b   Wang, XinQiang ^a   An, PanLong ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

AunRe cluster; Covalent characteristic; Electronic property; Population analysis; Stability pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891339203     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.10.028     Document Type: Article

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