TDDFT study of the optical absorption spectra of bare gold clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3194-3201

  Burgess, Robertson W ^a   Keast, Vicki J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 84894025206     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408545c     Document Type: Article

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