Melting of alloy clusters: Effects of aluminum doping on gallium cluster melting

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 111, Issue 33, 2007, Pages 8056-8061

  Neal, Colleen M ^a   Starace, Anne K ^a   Jarrold, Martin F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALORIMETRY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); MEASUREMENT THEORY; MELTING; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CALORIMETRY MEASUREMENTS; LATENT HEATS; MELTING TRANSITIONS;

GALLIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 85013891745     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp068655v     Document Type: Article

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