Structures and stabilities of (MgO)n nanoclusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 3136-3146

  Chen, Mingyang ^a   Felmy, Andrew R ^b   Dixon, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ISOMERS; ORBITAL CALCULATIONS;

AVERAGE COORDINATION NUMBER; COORDINATION NUMBER; CUBIC STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; LOWEST-ENERGY ISOMERS; REACTIVE SITE; SEMIEMPIRICAL MOLECULAR ORBITAL CALCULATIONS; STABLE ISOMERS;

MAGNESIA;

EID: 84899794344     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412820z     Document Type: Article

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