Thiolate-Protected Au24(SC2H4Ph) 20 nanoclusters: Superatoms or not?

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1003-1007

  Zhu, Manzhou ^a   Qian, Huifeng ^b   Jin, Rongchao ^b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoparticles and nanostructures

Indexed keywords

AU NANOCLUSTERS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; OPTICAL ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; SUPERATOMS; THIOLATES; VALENCE ELECTRON;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GOLD COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR MODELING; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOPARTICLES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77950175471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100133n     Document Type: Article

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