Theoretical investigation of electronic structures and properties of C60 - Gold nanocontacts

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-234

  Shukla, Manoj K ^a   Dubey, Madan ^b   Leszczynski, Jerzy ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

C60; Charge transfer; Fermi level; Gold cluster; Nanocontact; Nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; FERMI LEVEL; GOLD;

GOLD ATOMS; GOLD CLUSTER; GOLD NANOCONTACTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

FULLERENE C60; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ELECTRONICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; FULLERENES; GOLD; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 42549104210     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn700080p     Document Type: Article

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