Intramolecular charge transfer and solvation dynamics of thiolate-protected Au20(SR)16 clusters studied by ultrafast measurement

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 40, 2013, Pages 10294-10303

  Zhou, Meng ^a   Vdović, Silvije ^a,b   Long, Saran ^a   Zhu, Manzhou ^c   Yan, Linyin ^a   Wang, Yingying ^a   Niu, Yingli ^a   Wang, Xuefei ^a   Guo, Qianjin ^a   Jin, Rongchao ^c   Xia, Andong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Croatia)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE-SHELL INTERACTIONS; EXCITED STATE RELAXATION; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; INTRA-MOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFER; INTRAMOLECULAR CHARGE TRANSFERS; MONOLAYER-PROTECTED GOLD NANOCLUSTERS; STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; ULTRAFAST MEASUREMENTS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; LIGANDS; MONOLAYERS; SOLVATION;

SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

EID: 84885595956     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp406336q     Document Type: Article

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