First-Principles Study of Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Metal-Centered Tetrahexahedral V15+ Cluster
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Structural Determination
3.2. Electronic Structures
3.3. Chemical Bonding Analyses
3.4. Magnetic Moments and Charge Transfers
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Li, X.; Ren, H.; Huang, X.; Li, S. First-Principles Study of Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Metal-Centered Tetrahexahedral V15+ Cluster. Nanomaterials 2017, 7, 164. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7070164
Li X, Ren H, Huang X, Li S. First-Principles Study of Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Metal-Centered Tetrahexahedral V15+ Cluster. Nanomaterials. 2017; 7(7):164. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7070164
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Xiaojun, Hongjiang Ren, Xinwei Huang, and Shuna Li. 2017. "First-Principles Study of Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Metal-Centered Tetrahexahedral V15+ Cluster" Nanomaterials 7, no. 7: 164. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano7070164