Metal oxide nanoparticles: Size-dependence of quantum-mechanical properties

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology - Asia

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Gajewicz, Agnieszka ^a,b   Puzyn, Tomasz ^a,b   Rasulev, Bakhtiyor ^a   Leszczynska, Danuta ^c   Leszczynski, Jerzy ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^c Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Band gap; Descriptors; Metal oxide; Nano QSAR; Nanoparticle; Size

Indexed keywords

DESCRIPTORS; METAL OXIDE; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; METAL OXIDES; MOLECULAR CLUSTERS; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; NANO-METER-SCALE; NANO-QSAR; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QSAR/QSPR; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; QUANTUM-MECHANICAL THEORY; SATURATION EFFECTS; SATURATION POINT; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SIZE; SIZE-DEPENDENCE; SMALL CLUSTERS; STRUCTURAL DESCRIPTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 79958215603     PISSN: 22106812     EISSN: 22106820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/2210681211101010053     Document Type: Article

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