Realizing visible photoactivity of metal nanoparticles: Excited-state behavior and electron-transfer properties of silver (Ag 8) clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2493-2499

  Chen, Wei Ta ^a,b   Hsu, Yung Jung ^a,b   Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PROBES; DIHYDROLIPOIC ACIDS; ELECTRON-TRANSFER; EMISSION FEATURES; ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES; EXCITED-STATE PROCESS; EXCITED-STATE PROPERTIES; FLUORESCENCE MAXIMA; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER DYNAMICS; METAL CLUSTER; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIVITY; SILVER NANOCLUSTERS; VISIBLE PHOTOACTIVITY;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; NANOCLUSTERS; PROBES; QUANTUM YIELD; RATE CONSTANTS;

SILVER;

EID: 84865993196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz300940c     Document Type: Article

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