Controlling the band gap energy of cluster-assembled materials

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2385-2395

  Mandal, Sukhendu ^a,d   Reber, Arthur C ^b   Qian, Meichun ^b   Weiss, Paul S ^a,c   Khanna, Shiv N ^b   Sen, Ayusman ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 84888604048     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar3002975     Document Type: Article

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