Investigation of gold nanoparticles immobilized on the surface of pyrite by scanning probe microscopy, scanning tunneling spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Glass Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-421

  Romanchenko, A S ^a   Mikhlin, Yu L ^a   Makhova, L V ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; DEPOSITION; GOLD; PYRITES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COULOMB BLOCKAGE; METALLIC PARTICLES; NANOMETERS; SYNCHROTRON EXCITATION;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34548412487     PISSN: 10876596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1087659607040177     Document Type: Article

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