Probing the structural and electronic properties of boron cluster anions doped with one or two aluminum atoms

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1049, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-74

  Gu, Jianbing ^a,b   Wang, Chenju ^a,b   Cheng, Yan ^a   Zhang, Lin ^b   Yang, Xiangdong ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER OF LASER FUSION   (China)

Author keywords

Al doped B cluster anions; Density functional theory; Electronic property; Geometric structure; Relative stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907968728     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2014.09.021     Document Type: Article

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