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cluster chemistry, Metal-Metal bond, Zintl cluster

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Employment (4)

Nankai University: Tianjin, Tianjin, CN

2018-01 to present | Professor (MSE)
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Zhong-Ming Sun

Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry: Changchun, CN

2010-09 to 2017-12 | Professor
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Zhong-Ming Sun

North Dakota State University: Fargo, ND, US

2008-02 to 2010-08 | Postdoc (chemistry)
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Zhong-Ming Sun

Washington State University - Tri-Cities: Richland, WA, US

2006-07 to 2008-02 | Postdoc (chemistry)
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Zhong-Ming Sun

Education and qualifications (2)

Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter: Fuzhou, Fujian, CN

2001-08-08 to 2006-07-01 | Ph.D
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Zhong-Ming Sun

Wuhan University: Wuhan, Hubei, CN

1997-09-01 to 2001-07-01 | B.S. (Chemistry)
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Zhong-Ming Sun

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[Co3@Ge6Sn18]5–: A Giant σ-Aromatic Cluster Analogous to H3+ and Li3+

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2025-03-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c16401
Contributors: Ya-Shan Huang; Hong-Lei Xu; Wen-Juan Tian; Zi-Sheng Li; Sílvia Escayola; Miquel Solà; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Capturing aromatic Cr5 pentagons in large main-group molecular cages

Nature Synthesis
2025-01-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s44160-024-00711-5
Contributors: Wei-Xing Chen; Wen-Juan Tian; Zi-Sheng Li; Jing-Jing Wang; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Gernot Frenking; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Fe–Fe bonding in the rhombic Fe4 cores of the Zintl clusters [Fe4E18]4− (E = Sn and Pb)

Chemical Science
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D4SC00165F
Contributors: Wei-Xing Chen; Zi-Sheng Li; Harry W. T. Morgan; Cong-Cong Shu; Zhong-Ming Sun; John E. McGrady
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Snap-shots of cluster growth: structure and properties of a Zintl ion with an Fe3 core, [Fe3Sn18]4−

Chemical Science
2024 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D3SC04709A
Contributors: Zi-Sheng Li; Wei-Xing Chen; Harry W. T. Morgan; Cong-Cong Shu; John E. McGrady; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Synthesis of Sb688–: Crafting a Homoatomic Antimony Nanotorus

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2024-09-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c09102
Contributors: Yun Zhang; Wen-Juan Tian; Wei-Xing Chen; Manfred Scheer; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Metal-metal bonds in Zintl clusters: Synthesis, structure and bonding in [Fe2Sn4Bi8]3– and [Cr2Sb12]3–

Chinese Chemical Letters
2024-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.109048
Contributors: Ya-Nan Yang; Zi-Sheng Li; Sourav Mondal; Lei Qiao; Cui-Cui Wang; Wen-Juan Tian; Zhong-Ming Sun; John E. McGrady
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Synthesis, chemical bonding and reactivity of new medium-sized polyarsenides

Chinese Chemical Letters
2024-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2023.108907
Contributors: Xu-Hui Yue; Xiang-Wen Zhang; Hui-Min He; Lei Qiao; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Extension and Fusion of Cyclic Polyantimony Units

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2024-06-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03843
Contributors: Yu-He Xu; Wen-Juan Tian; Jing-Ying Sun; Manfred Scheer; Zhong-Ming Sun
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[K2(Bi@Pd12@Bi20)]4–: An Endohedral Inorganic Fullerene with Spherical Aromaticity

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2024-05-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c03024
Contributors: Cong-Cong Shu; Dariusz W. Szczepanik; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Miquel Solà; Zhong-Ming Sun
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[Ga@Bi10(NbMes)2]3−: a linear Nb–GaI–Nb filament coordinated by a bismuth cage

Chemical Communications
2023 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D3CC00631J
Contributors: Lei Qiao; Tao Yang; Gernot Frenking; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Synthesis, Structure and Chemical Bonding of Polyantimony Clusters containing Coinage Metals [M2Sb14]4– (M = Cu, Ag)

Chinese Journal of Chemistry
2023-11-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202300606
Contributors: Wei‐Xing Chen; Yu‐He Xu; Cui‐Cui Wang; Lei Qiao; Zi‐Yan Guo; Wen‐Juan Tian; Zhong‐Ming Sun
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An all-metal fullerene: [K@Au 12 Sb 20 ] 5−

Science
2023-11-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.adj6491
Contributors: Yu-He Xu; Wen-Juan Tian; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Gernot Frenking; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Orientational Isomerism and Its Reactivity of a Main Group Sandwich Anion [Ge9‐In‐Ge9]5‐

Chinese Journal of Chemistry
2023-05-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202300150
Contributors: Hong‐Lei Xu; Lei Qiao; Zhong‐Ming Sun
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Synthesis and Characterization of [Fe3(As3)3(As4)]3−, a Binary Fe/As Zintl Cluster With an Fe3 Core

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2023-03-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202217316
Contributors: Wei‐Qiang Zhang; Zi‐Sheng Li; John E. McGrady; Zhong‐Ming Sun
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Synthesis and Characterization of [Fe3(As3)3(As4)]3−, a Binary Fe/As Zintl Cluster With an Fe3 Core

Angewandte Chemie
2023-03-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202217316
Contributors: Wei‐Qiang Zhang; Zi‐Sheng Li; John E. McGrady; Zhong‐Ming Sun
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Carbon-free sandwich compounds based on arsenic and antimony with icosahedral metal cores

Nature Synthesis
2023-02-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s44160-023-00247-0
Contributors: Xu-Hui Yue; Wei-Xing Chen; Tao Yang; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Gernot Frenking; Zhong-Ming Sun
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[Cd(Sn9)2]6− and [Cd(Ni@Sn9)2]6−: Reactivity and coordination chemistry of empty and Ni-centered [Sn9]4− Zintl ions

Chinese Chemical Letters
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2022.02.013
Contributors: Ya-Nan Yang; Lei Qiao; Zhong-Ming Sun
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[Co2@(Ge17Ni)]4−: the first edge-sharing double-cage endohedral germanide

Chemical Communications
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D1CC06038D
Contributors: Hong-Lei Xu; Lei Qiao; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Sn368−: a 2.7 nm naked aromatic tin rod

Chemical Communications
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D2CC01745H
Contributors: Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Wei-Xing Chen; Harry W. T. Morgan; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Alexander I. Boldyrev; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Synthesis and characterisation of the ternary intermetalloid clusters {M@[As8(ZnMes)4]}3− (M = Nb, Ta) from binary [M@As8]3− precursors

Chemical Science
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D2SC01748B
Contributors: Wei-Qiang Zhang; Harry W. T. Morgan; John E. McGrady; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Cover Feature: Single‐Metal‐Encapsulated Double‐Cage [Pt@Sn17]4−: An Exception from Group 14 Endohedral Clusters (Chem. Eur. J. 64/2022)

Chemistry – A European Journal
2022-11-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202203328
Contributors: Hong‐Lei Xu; Chad Studvick; Chao Liu; Yuan Xue; Ivan A. Popov; Zhong‐Ming Sun
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Single‐Metal‐Encapsulated Double‐Cage [Pt@Sn17]4−: An Exception from Group 14 Endohedral Clusters

Chemistry – A European Journal
2022-11-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202651
Contributors: Hong‐Lei Xu; Chad Studvick; Chao Liu; Yuan Xue; Ivan A. Popov; Zhong‐Ming Sun
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[Nb@Ge13/14]3−: New Family Members of Ge‐Based Intermetalloid Clusters

Chemistry – A European Journal
2022-11-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/chem.202202192
Contributors: Ya‐Shan Huang; Yuan Xue; Alvaro Muñoz‐Castro; Ivan A. Popov; Zhong‐Ming Sun
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Synthesis, Structure and Bonding in Pentagonal Bipyramidal Cluster Compounds Containing a cyclo-Sn5 Ring, [(CO)3MSn5M(CO)3]4− (M = Cr, Mo)

Inorganics
2022-05-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/inorganics10060075
Contributors: Sourav Mondal; Wei-Xing Chen; Zhong-Ming Sun; John E. McGrady
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Missing Link in the Growth of Lead-Based Zintl Clusters: Isolation of the Dimeric Plumbaspherene [Cu4Pb22]4–

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2022-05-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c10106
Contributors: Harry W. T. Morgan; Cong-Cong Shu; Zhong-Ming Sun; John E. McGrady
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[(CrGe9)Cr2(CO)13]4−: A disubstituted case of ten-vertex closo cluster with spherical aromaticity

Chinese Chemical Letters
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2021.08.038
Contributors: Ya-Shan Huang; Dandan Chen; Jun Zhu; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Inorganic Ferrocene Analogue [Fe(P4)2]2–

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2022-04-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01750
Contributors: Zi-Chuan Wang; Lei Qiao; Zhong-Ming Sun; Manfred Scheer
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Symmetry collapse due to the presence of multiple local aromaticity in Ge244−

Nature Communications
2022-04-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29626-5
Contributors: Hong-Lei Xu; Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Dariusz W. Szczepanik; Ivan A. Popov; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Alexander I. Boldyrev; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Synthesis and Characterization of Ternary Clusters Containing the [As16]10– Anion, [MM′As16]4– (M = Nb or Ta; M′ = Cu or Ag)

Inorganic Chemistry
2022-03-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03940
Contributors: Wei-Qiang Zhang; Harry W. T. Morgan; Cong-Cong Shu; John E. McGrady; Zhong-Ming Sun
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[Bi6Mo3(CO)9]4−: a multiple local σ-aromatic cluster containing a distorted Bi6 triangular prism

Chemical Communications
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D1CC00734C
Contributors: Lei Qiao; Dandan Chen; Jun Zhu; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Electronic structures and properties of dianionic pentacarbonyls [TM(CO)5]2− (TM = Cr, Mo, W)

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D1CP01592C
Contributors: Gerui Pei; Cong-Cong Shu; Mengyang Li; Zhong-Ming Sun; Tao Yang
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Synthesis and structure of binary copper/silver–arsenic clusters derived from Zintl ion As 7 3–

Chinese Journal of Chemistry
2021-10-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.202100682
Contributors: Wei‐Qiang Zhang; Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Lei Qiao; Alexander I. Boldyrev; Zhong‐Ming Sun
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Ternary aromatic and anti-aromatic clusters derived from the hypho species [Sn2Sb5]3−

Nature Communications
2021-07-22 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24706-4
Contributors: Yu-He Xu; Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Ivan A. Popov; Lei Qiao; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Alexander I. Boldyrev; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Open Shells in Endohedral Clusters: Structure and Bonding in the [Fe2@Ge16]4– Anion and Comparison to Isostructural [Co2@Ge16]4–

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2021-06-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c02837
Contributors: Harry W. T. Morgan; Katja-Sophia Csizi; Ya-Shan Huang; Zhong-Ming Sun; John E. McGrady
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Symmetry Collapse due to the Presence of Worm-Aromaticity in Ge244-

2021-05-21 | Other
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-482672/v1
Contributors: Hong-Lei Xu; Nikolay Tkachenko; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Alexander Boldyrev; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Solution-Based Group 14 Zintl Anions: New Frontiers and Discoveries

Accounts of Chemical Research
2021-03-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.0c00876
Contributors: Yi Wang; John E. McGrady; Zhong-Ming Sun
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A fast and highly selective Congo red adsorption material based on a cadmium-phosphonate network

Dalton Transactions
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01545K
Contributors: Jing Ai; Hong-Rui Tian; Xue Min; Zi-Chuan Wang; Zhong-Ming Sun
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All-metal σ-antiaromaticity in dimeric cluster anion {[CuGe9Mes]2}4−

Chemical Communications
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/D0CC02525A
Contributors: Zi-Chuan Wang; Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Lei Qiao; Eduard Matito; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Alexander I. Boldyrev; Zhong-Ming Sun
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A sandwich-type cluster containing Ge@Pd3 planar fragment flanked by aromatic nonagermanide caps

Nature Communications
2020-10-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19079-z
Contributors: Hong-Lei Xu; Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Zi-Chuan Wang; Wei-Xing Chen; Lei Qiao; Alvaro Muñoz-Castro; Alexander I. Boldyrev; Zhong-Ming Sun
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σ‐Aromaticity‐Induced Stabilization of Heterometallic Supertetrahedral Clusters [Zn6Ge16]4− and [Cd6Ge16]4−

Angewandte Chemie
2020-09-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ange.202008276
Contributors: Hong‐Lei Xu; Ivan A. Popov; Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Zi‐Chuan Wang; Alvaro Muñoz‐Castro; Alexander I. Boldyrev; Zhong‐Ming Sun
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σ‐Aromaticity‐Induced Stabilization of Heterometallic Supertetrahedral Clusters [Zn6Ge16]4− and [Cd6Ge16]4−

Angewandte Chemie International Edition
2020-09-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/anie.202008276
Contributors: Hong‐Lei Xu; Ivan A. Popov; Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Zi‐Chuan Wang; Alvaro Muñoz‐Castro; Alexander I. Boldyrev; Zhong‐Ming Sun
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[Cu4@E18]4– (E = Sn, Pb): Fused Derivatives of Endohedral Stannaspherene and Plumbaspherene

Journal of the American Chemical Society
2020-08-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c04815
Contributors: Lei Qiao; Chao Zhang; Cong-Cong Shu; Harry W. T. Morgan; John E. McGrady; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Site-Selective CO2 Reduction over Highly Dispersed Ru-SnOx Sites Derived from a [Ru@Sn9]6– Zintl Cluster

ACS Catalysis
2020-07-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c01253
Contributors: Yanru Wang; Chao Zhang; Xiuyi Wang; Jinqiu Guo; Zhong-Ming Sun; Hongbo Zhang
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A family of lead clusters with precious metal cores

Nature Communications
2020-07-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17187-4
Contributors: Cong-Cong Shu; Harry W. T. Morgan; Lei Qiao; John E. McGrady; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Spherical Aromaticity of All‐Metal [Bi@In8Bi12]3−/5− Clusters

Chemistry – A European Journal
2020-02-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201905264
Contributors: Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Xiang‐Wen Zhang; Lei Qiao; Cong‐Cong Shu; Dmitry Steglenko; Alvaro Muñoz‐Castro; Zhong‐Ming Sun; Alexander I. Boldyrev
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A NiII-cluster-based MOF as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the chemical transformation of CO2

Dalton Transactions
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C8DT04284E
Contributors: Chao-Ying Gao; Yang Yang; Jinghai Liu; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Structural isomerism in the [(Ni@Sn9)In(Ni@Sn9)]5− Zintl ion

Dalton Transactions
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C9DT03008E
Contributors: Chao Zhang; Harry W. T. Morgan; Zi-Chuan Wang; Chao Liu; Zhong-Ming Sun; John E. McGrady
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Synthesis and structure of a family of rhodium polystannide clusters [Rh@Sn10]3–, [Rh@Sn12]3–, [Rh2@Sn17]6– and the first triply-fused stannide, [Rh3@Sn24]5–

Chemical Science
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1039/C8SC03948H
Contributors: Chao Liu; Xiao Jin; Lei-Jiao Li; Jun Xu; John E. McGrady; Zhong-Ming Sun
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Record Low Ionization Potentials of Alkali Metal Complexes with Crown Ethers and Cryptands

ChemPhysChem
2019-08-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900753
Contributors: Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Zhong‐Ming Sun; Alexander I. Boldyrev
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Record Low Ionization Potentials of Alkali Metal Complexes with Crown Ethers and Cryptands

ChemPhysChem
2019-08-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201900754
Contributors: Nikolay V. Tkachenko; Zhong‐Ming Sun; Alexander I. Boldyrev
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