Gold Nanoclusters Supported on MgO: Synthesis, Characterization, and Evidence of Au6

Nano Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 689-692

  Guzman, Javier ^a   Gates, Bruce C ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

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EID: 0000918636     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl015605n     Document Type: Article

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