Soft hedgehogs on coarse carpets: A molecular simulation study of capped nanocrystals interacting with self-assembled monolayers of alkylthiols on a gold (111) surface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2531-2537

  Schapotschnikow, Philipp ^a   Vlugt, Thijs J H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLTHIOLS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; BUTANETHIOL; CAPPING LAYER; CAPPING MOLECULES; DODECANETHIOLS; EQUILIBRIUM DISTANCES; FLAT SURFACES; GOLD NANOCRYSTALS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; ORDER PARAMETER; POTENTIAL OF MEAN FORCE; POTENTIAL WELLS; TAIL LENGTH; WELL DEPTH;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GOLD; MOLECULES; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SINTERING;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 77249143938     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp910554e     Document Type: Article

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