Electronic stability of phosphine-protected Au20 nanocluster: Superatomic bonding

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 13276-13282

  Yuan, Yuan ^a   Cheng, Longjiu ^a   Yang, Jinlong ^b  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDINGS; ELECTRONIC SHELLS; ELECTRONIC STABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; PHENYLPHOSPHINES; VALENCE BOND MODELS; VALENCE ELECTRON;

CHEMICAL BONDS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULES; NANOCLUSTERS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84879655788     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp402816b     Document Type: Article

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