Controlled reduction for size selective synthesis of thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters Aun (n=20, 24, 39, 40)

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Meng, Xiangming ^a   Liu, Zhao ^a   Zhu, Manzhou ^a   Jin, Rongchao ^a,b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled reduction; Gold nanoclusters; Size selective synthesis

Indexed keywords

GOLD; NANOCLUSTERS; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCTION; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE;

CONTROLLED REDUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; INTERMEDIATE SPECIE; PROTECTED GOLD NANOCLUSTERS; REDUCTION DEGREE; SELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; SIZE-SELECTIVE;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84864007899     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-277     Document Type: Article

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