Size-dependent transition to high-symmetry chiral structures in AgCu, AgCo, AgNi, and AuNi nanoalloys

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 4211-4216

  Bochicchio, Davide ^a   Ferrando, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

chirality; density functional; global optimization; Nanoalloys; size dependent structural transitions

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL STRUCTURES; CHIRAL SYMMETRY; CLUSTER SIZES; CONCERTED ROTATIONS; CORE-SHELL; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; ENERGETIC STABILITY; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; GROUP SYMMETRIES; ICOSAHEDRAL SYMMETRY; MIRROR SYMMETRY; NANO-ALLOYS; NANO-MATERIALS; SIZE RANGES; STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS;

CHIRALITY; ENANTIOMERS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 77958028691     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl102588p     Document Type: Article

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