Density functional theory study of transition metals doped B80 fullerene

Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Wang, Jianguang ^a   Ma, Li ^a   Liang, Yanhua ^a   Gao, Meiling ^a   Wang, Guanghou ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B80 fullerene; density functional theory; doped; Transition metal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929575039     PISSN: 02196336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219633614500503     Document Type: Article

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