Experimental and theoretical determination of the optical gap of the Au 144(SC 2H 4Ph) 60 Cluster and the (Au/Ag) 144(SC 2H 4Ph) 60 Nanoalloys

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3076-3080

  Koivisto, Jaakko ^a   Malola, Sami ^a   Kumara, Chanaka ^b   Dass, Amal ^b   Häkkinen, Hannu ^a   Pettersson, Mika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

and Excited States; Photochemistry; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALLOY CLUSTER; DRY FILMS; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION; LINEAR RESPONSE; NANO-ALLOYS; OPTICAL GAP; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; OPTICAL TRANSITIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SPECTROSCOPY;

SILVER ALLOYS;

EID: 84867647046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz301261x     Document Type: Article

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