Probing single nanometer-scale particles with scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopies

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 459-466

  McCarty, G S ^a   Love, J C ^a   Kushmerick, J G ^a   Charles, L F ^a   Keating, C D ^a   Toleno, B J ^a   Lyn, M E ^a   Castleman Jr , A W ^a   Natan, M J ^a   Weiss, P S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colloids; Met cars; Nanoparticles; Photon emission; Spectroscopy; STM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038551233     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010048032304     Document Type: Article

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