Structure and electronic properties of Cu nanoclusters supported on Mo2C(001) and MoC(001) surfaces

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Posada Pérez, Sergio ^a   Viñes, Francesc ^a   Rodríguez, José A ^b   Illas, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; NANOCLUSTERS;

CU NANO-PARTICLES; DENSITY OF STATE; ELECTRON LOCALIZATION FUNCTION; PERIODIC DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; SUPPORTED CLUSTERS; SURFACE POLARITIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84941923990     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4930538     Document Type: Article

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