Vibrational normal modes of small thiolate-protected gold clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 12191-12198

  Tlahuice Flores, Alfredo ^a   Whetten, Robert L ^a   Jose Yacaman, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING MODES; CHARACTERISTIC PEAKS; CLUSTER COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES; LOW-FREQUENCY RAMAN; LOW-FREQUENCY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STRETCHING MODES; VIBRATIONAL NORMAL MODES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GOLD; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84879099040     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4033063     Document Type: Article

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