Molecular simulations of interacting nanocrystals

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2930-2934

  Schapotschnikow, Philipp ^a   Pool, René ^a,b   Vlugt, Thijs J H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCRYSTALS;

ALKYL-THIOLS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CAPPING LAYERS; CAPPING MOLECULES; CORE DIAMETERS; EQUILIBRIUM DISTANCES; GOLD NANOCRYSTALS; IN VACUUMS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; POTENTIAL OF MEAN FORCES; REPULSIVE INTERACTIONS;

SINTERING;

EID: 61549143345     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl8017862     Document Type: Article

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