Charging effects on bonding and catalyzed oxidation of CO on Au8 clusters on MgO

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5708, 2005, Pages 403-407

  Yoon, Bokwon ^a   Häkkinen, Hannu ^a,c   Landman, Uzi ^a   Wörz, Anke S ^b   Antonietti, Jean Marie ^b   Abbet, Stéphane ^b   Judai, Ken ^b   Heiz, Ueli ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; GOLD; MAGNESIA; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ANTIBONDING ORBITALS; GOLD OCTAMERS; LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; STRETCH VIBRATIONS;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; GOLD COMPLEX; MAGNESIUM OXIDE;

CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 12344293427     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1104168     Document Type: Article

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