Is gold really softer than silver? HSAB principle revisited

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-116

  Nath, Sudip ^a   Ghosh, Sujit Kumar ^a   Kundu, Subrata ^a   Praharaj, Snigdhamayee ^a   Panigrahi, Sudipa ^a   Pal, Tarasankar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Gold; Hard; Ligand; Nanoparticles; Oganosol; Silver; Soft

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN; SILVER; SULFUR;

LIGAND; NANOPARTICLES; OGANOSOL;

GOLD;

EID: 33646762126     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-005-8025-1     Document Type: Article

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