Size focusing: A methodology for synthesizing atomically precise gold nanoclusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 2903-2910

  Jin, Rongchao ^a   Qian, Huifeng ^a   Wu, Zhikun ^a   Zhu, Yan ^a   Zhu, Manzhou ^a   Mohanty, Ashok ^a   Garg, Niti ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PRECISION; AU NANOCLUSTERS; GOLD ATOMS; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL ATOMS; MONODISPERSE; MONODISPERSE NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PLASMONIC; SCIENCE RESEARCH; SMALL MOLECULES; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; THIOLATES; ULTRA-SMALL; UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES;

ATOMS; FOCUSING; GOLD; NANOCLUSTERS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77957912325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100944k     Document Type: Article

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