Mechanical properties of au supracrystals tuned by flexible ligand interactions

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5005-5012

  Gauvin, Melanie ^a,b   Wan, Yanfen ^a,b   Arfaoui, Imad ^a,b   Pileni, Marie Paule ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU NANOCRYSTALS; COLLOIDAL CRYSTALS; EVAPORATION PROCESS; FLEXIBLE LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTAL SIZES; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; SOLVENT EVAPORATION; SOLVENT VAPOR PRESSURE;

ELASTIC MODULI; EVAPORATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

LIGANDS;

EID: 84897713158     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp411896c     Document Type: Article

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