Insight into the structural and electronic properties of Pd55-nNin (n=0-55) clusters: A density functional theory study

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1071, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-17

  Zhu, Jianxiu ^a   Cheng, Ping ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Huang, Shiping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

D band center; Density functional theory; Pd55 nNin clusters; Structural properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941279197     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2015.08.010     Document Type: Article

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