Global optimization of bimetallic cluster structures. I. Size-mismatched Ag-Cu, Ag-Ni, and Au-Cu systems

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 122, Issue 19, 2005, Pages

  Rapallo, Arnaldo ^a   Rossi, Giulia ^b   Ferrando, Riccardo ^b   Fortunelli, Alessandro ^a   Curley, Benjamin C ^c   Lloyd, Lesley D ^c   Tarbuck, Gary M ^c   Johnston, Roy L ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; GOLD ALLOYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PALLADIUM ALLOYS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BIMETALLIC NANOCLUSTERS; BINARY METALLIC SYSTEMS; NANOALLOY CATALYSTS; TIGHT-BINDING MODELING;

SILVER ALLOYS;

EID: 85013922221     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1898223     Document Type: Article

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