Structural and Electronic Properties of Group 6 Transition Metal Oxide Clusters

New and Future Developments in Catalysis: Catalysis by Nanoparticles

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 21-61

  Li, Shenggang ^a   Dixon, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; METALS;

STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION METAL OXIDE CLUSTERS;

TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84903006351     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53874-1.00002-0     Document Type: Chapter

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