Size and structure dependence of electronic states in thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters of Au25(SR)18, Au38(SR) 24, and Au144(SR)60

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3674-3679

  Ohta, Tsutomu ^a   Shibuta, Masahiro ^a,b   Tsunoyama, Hironori ^a,b   Negishi, Yuichi ^c   Eguchi, Toyoaki ^a,b   Nakajima, Atsushi ^a,b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE COORDINATION NUMBER; CLUSTER SIZES; DIFFERENT SIZES; GOLD NANOCLUSTER; POSITIVELY CHARGED; SPECTRAL COMPONENTS; SPIN-ORBIT SPLITTINGS; STRUCTURE DEPENDENCE; THIOL MOLECULES; VALENCE BAND SPECTRA; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRONIC STATES; GOLD; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCLUSTERS;

EID: 84874173430     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp400785f     Document Type: Article

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