Experimental structure determination of silver cluster ions (Ag(n) +, 19 < or = n < or = 79)

Martine N Blom1, Detlef Schooss, Jason Stairs

  • 1Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany.

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