Tuning the electronic behavior of Au nanoparticles with capping molecules

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 736-738

  Zhang, P ^a   Sham, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; CAPPING MOLECULES; ELECTRONIC BEHAVIORS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THIOL MOLECULES; TUNABILITIES; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE; XANES;

DENDRIMERS; GOLD ALLOYS; MOLECULES; NANOPARTICLES; TRANSITION METALS;

GOLD;

EID: 79955987212     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1494120     Document Type: Article

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