Global minimum Pt13M20 (M = Ag, Au, Cu, Pd) dodecahedral core-shell clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 51, 2013, Pages 14261-14266

  Borbón González, Dora J ^a   Fortunelli, Alessandro ^b   Barcaro, Giovanni ^b   Sementa, Luca ^b   Johnston, Roy L ^c   Posada Amarillas, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN-HOPPING METHODS; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL CLUSTERS; DECAHEDRAL STRUCTURES; INTERATOMIC INTERACTIONS; LOCAL RELAXATION; METASTABLE ISOMERS; MINIMUM ENERGY CONFIGURATION;

METAL NANOPARTICLES; PALLADIUM; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

PLATINUM;

EID: 84891455085     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410079t     Document Type: Article

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