Theoretical insights into the structural, relative stable, electronic, and gas sensing properties of Pb n Au n (n = 2–12) clusters: a DFT study
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- 25 September 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in RSC Advances
- Vol. 7 (72) , 45432-45441
Abstract
The structural, relative stable and electronic properties of Pb n Au n ( n = 2–12) clusters are the first time to be reported, and Pb n Au n ( n = 4, 6, 8) clusters may serve as gas sensors.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (51664032)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1502271)
- Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department (2014HA003)
- Ministry of Science and Technology (2014RA4018)
- Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China (IRT_17R48)
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