Ligand and solvation effects on the structural and electronic properties of small gold clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4362-4376

  Dufour, F ^a,b   Fresch, B ^a   Durupthy, O ^a,b   Chaneac, C ^b   Remacle, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-OPERATIVE EFFECTS; PHOSPHINE LIGANDS; SMALL GOLD CLUSTERS; SOLVATION EFFECT; SOLVENT ENVIRONMENTS; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS; THIYL RADICALS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

LIGANDS;

EID: 84896819930     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp409019z     Document Type: Article

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