Selenolate-protected Au38 nanoclusters: Isolation and structural characterization

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 3181-3185

  Kurashige, Wataru ^a   Yamazoe, Seiji ^b   Kanehira, Keita ^a   Tsukuda, Tatsuya ^b   Negishi, Yuichi ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Au38 gold cluster; bonding characteristics; electronic structure; geometrical structure; isolation; selenolate protected gold clusters

Indexed keywords

BONDING CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRONIC AND GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; GOLD CLUSTERS; ISOLATION; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; GOLD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84884572221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401770y     Document Type: Article

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