Quantum size effects in the optical properties of ligand stabilized aluminum nanoclusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 6741-6746

  Mandal, Sukhendu ^a   Wang, Juan ^b   Winans, Randall E ^b   Jensen, Lasse ^a   Sen, Ayusman ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM NANOCLUSTERS; CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON CONDUCTIVITY; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING; TIME-DEPENDENT DENSITY;

ALUMINUM; DOPPLER EFFECT; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; NANOCLUSTERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84875856014     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp310514z     Document Type: Article

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