Au13(8e): A secondary block for describing a special group of liganded gold clusters containing icosahedral Au13 motifs
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Chemical Physics Letters
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0009-2614
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.03.001