Atomic details of interfacial interaction in gold nanoparticles supported on MgO(001)

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-137

  Han, Y ^a,c   Ferrando, R ^b   Li, Z Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aberration correction; Au; clusters; lattice spacing; low coordination atoms; MgO; nanoparticles; STEM

Indexed keywords

ABERRATION CORRECTION; CLUSTERS; LATTICE SPACING; MGO; STEM;

ATOMS; GLOBAL OPTIMIZATION; MAGNESIA; NANOPARTICLES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GOLD;

EID: 84891784573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4022975     Document Type: Article

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