A theoretical and experimental examination of systematic ligand-induced disorder in Au dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles

Chemical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2912-2921

  Yancey, David F ^a,b   Chill, Samuel T ^a,c   Zhang, Liang ^a,c   Frenkel, Anatoly I ^d   Henkelman, Graeme ^a,c   Crooks, Richard M ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDRIMER ENCAPSULATED NANOPARTICLES; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; EXTENDED XRAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE (EXAFS) SPECTROSCOPIES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL;

DENDRIMERS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOPARTICLES;

GOLD;

EID: 84878785348     PISSN: 20416520     EISSN: 20416539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3sc50614b     Document Type: Article

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