Electronic structure and chemical bonding of a highly stable and aromatic auro-aluminum oxide cluster

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 5204-5211

  Lopez, Gary V ^a   Jian, Tian ^a   Li, Wei Li ^a   Wang, Lai Sheng ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL BONDINGS; ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STABILITY; GLOBAL MINIMA; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HIGHLY STABLES; OXIDE CLUSTERS;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 84904573016     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504236s     Document Type: Article

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