On the structural origin of the catalytic properties of inherently strained ultrasmall decahedral gold nanoparticles

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2027-2031

  Walsh, Michael J ^a   Yoshida, Kenta ^b   Kuwabara, Akihide ^b   Pay, Mungo L ^a   Gai, Pratibha L ^a   Boyes, Edward D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

catalysis; decahedra; Gold; nanoparticles; strain; transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION-CORRECTED; ATOMIC COLUMNS; ATOMIC DEFECTS; CARBON MONOXIDE OXIDATION; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL PROCESS; DECAHEDRA; DECAHEDRAL STRUCTURES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; NEAREST NEIGHBOR DISTANCE; NEW MECHANISMS; STRAINED STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL ORIGIN; STRUCTURAL STUDIES; SURFACE STRAINS; ULTRA-SMALL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; STRAIN; SURFACE DEFECTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84859712519     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl300067q     Document Type: Article

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