First-principles investigation of Ag-doped gold nanoclusters

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2972-2981

  Zhang, Xiao Dong ^a   Guo, Mei Li ^b   Wu, Di ^a   Liu, Pei Xun ^a   Sun, Yuan Ming ^a   Zhang, Liang An ^a   She, Yi ^a   Liu, Qing Fen ^a   Fan, Fei Yue ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^b TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF URBAN CONSTRUCTION   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; First principles; Gold clusters; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

GOLD; SILVER; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRONICS; GEOMETRY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; OPTICS;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS;

EID: 79957852535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms12052972     Document Type: Article

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