The nature of a floating electron

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-106

  Skorobogatiy, M ^a   Park, I J ^b   Joannopoulos, J D ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Solvated electron; Water surface; Wet electron

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE TENSION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; SOLVATED ELECTRON; WATER SURFACE; WET ELECTRON;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

EID: 9644308029     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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