All-thiol-stabilized Ag44 and Au12 Ag32 nanoparticles with single-crystal structures

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yang, Huayan ^a   Wang, Yu ^a   Huang, Huaqi ^a   Gell, Lars ^b   Lehtovaara, Lauri ^b   Malola, Sami ^b   Häkkinen, Hannu ^b   Zheng, Nanfeng ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL; BIOENGINEERING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEAVY METAL; LIGAND; OPTICAL METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIPOLE; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NANOENCAPSULATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 84884163501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3422     Document Type: Article

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