Tailoring properties and functionalities of metal nanoparticles through crystallinity engineering

Nature Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 754-759

  Tang, Yun ^a   Ouyang, Min ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PHONONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CLASSICAL COUPLING INTERACTIONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES (NP); MOLECULAR SENSING DEVICES; NANOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34848847406     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1982     Document Type: Article

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