The Nguyen Group

The Nguyen Group

Quantum Chemistry Department of Chemistry Faculty of Science KU Leuven

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Prof. DSc. Minh Tho NGUYEN

University of Leuven- Department of Chemistry

Celestijnenlaan 200F - Leuven 3000 - Belgium

Tel: (32) – 16 – 32 73 61 ; Fax: (32) – 16 – 32 79 92

E-mail: minh.nguyen@chem.kuleuven.be

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Cubic Aromaticity: Fact or Fiction?

The cubic Be@Si₈ cluster is stable as the three conditions are satisfied:

i) a full occupancy of electronic shells,

ii) a presence of positive charge at the center, and

iii) a type of “cubic” aromaticity.

A New Look at the Structure and Vibrational Spectra of Small Niobium Clusters and Their Ions. P. V. NHUT, V. T. NGAN and M. T. NGUYEN. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114, 13210.

The Aromatic 8-Electron Cubic Silicon Clusters Be@Si₈, B@Si₈⁺, and C@Si₈²⁺. V. T. NGAN and M. T. NGUYEN. J. Phys. Chem. A. 2010, 114, 7609.

Lithium Atom Can Be Doped at the Center of a Germanium Cage: the Stable Icosahedral Ge₁₂Li^- Cluster and Derivatives T. B. TAI and M. T. NGUYEN. Chemical Physics Letters, 2010, 492, 290.

Potential Hydrogen Storage of Lithium Amidoboranes and Derivatives. S. SWINNEN, V. S. NGUYEN and M. T. NGUYEN. Chemical Physics Letters, 2010, 489, 148.

Formation of Phosphaalkyne Trimers: A Mechanistic Study. T. HÖLTZL, M. T. NGUYEN and T. VESZPREMI. Organometallics, 2010, 29, 1107.

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Recent papers

A New Look at the Structure and Vibrational Spectra of Small Niobium Clusters and Their Ions. P. V. NHUT, V. T. NGAN and M. T. NGUYEN. J. Phys. Chem. C, 2010, 114, 13210.