Solvent-dependent stability of monolayer-protected Au38 clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-37

  Toikkanen, Outi ^a   Carlsson, Sanna ^a   Dass, Amala ^b   Rönnholm, Gunilla ^c   Kalkkinen, Nisse ^c   Quinn, Bernadette M ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles and nanostructures

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER CORES; CLUSTER STABILITY; DEPENDENT STABILITY; ELECTROANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MONOLAYER PROTECTED CLUSTERS;

DISPERSIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOLAYERS; NANOPARTICLES;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 77149166015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900035p     Document Type: Article

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