Energy-level splitting of ligand-stabilized Au55 clusters observed by scanning tunneling spectroscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1543-1545

  Zhang, H ^a   Hartmann, U ^a   Schmid, G ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CHARGE QUANTIZATION; ENERGY-LEVEL SPLITTING;

GOLD;

EID: 1642635085     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1652227     Document Type: Article

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