Special and general superatoms

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2931-2940

  Luo, Zhixun ^a,b   Castleman, A Welford ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84908102019     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar5001583     Document Type: Article

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