Stability of Metal-Encapsulating Boron Fullerene B40

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 119, Issue 45, 2015, Pages 11208-11214

  Fa, Wei ^a   Chen, Shuang ^a,b   Pande, Seema ^b   Zeng, Xiao Cheng ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); SODIUM;

ATOMIC SIZES; B ATOMS; CAGE SIZES; ENDOHEDRALS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; KEY FACTORS; RELATIVE STABILITIES; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES;

STABILITY;

EID: 84946854569     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b07173     Document Type: Article

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