High pressure electrides: A predictive chemical and physical theory

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1311-1317

  Miao, Mao Sheng ^a,b   Hoffmann, Roald ^c  

^a BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Baker Laboratory Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84898886794     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar4002922     Document Type: Article

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