Unique bonding properties of the Au36(SR)24 nanocluster with FCC-like core

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 3186-3191

  Chevrier, Daniel M ^a   Chatt, Amares ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Zeng, Chenjie ^b   Jin, Rongchao ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic behavior; face centered cubic geometry; gold thiolate nanoclusters; local structure; XAFS

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; BONDING PROPERTY; ELECTRONIC BEHAVIORS; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; LOCAL STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TOTAL STRUCTURES; XAFS;

GOLD; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCLUSTERS;

EID: 84885155748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz401818c     Document Type: Article

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