Spontaneous ordering of bimodal ensembles of nanoscopic gold clusters

Nature

Volumn 396, Issue 6710, 1998, Pages 444-446

  Kiely, C J ^a   Fink, J ^a   Brust, M ^a   Bethell, D ^a   Schiffrin, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALLOY; GOLD; NANOPARTICLE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DERIVATIZATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0032480892     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/24808     Document Type: Article

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