Potential energy surfaces and reaction pathways for light-mediated self-organization of metal nanoparticle clusters

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yan, Zijie ^a   Gray, Stephen K ^b   Scherer, Norbert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ENERGY; FORCE; GEOMETRY; LIGHT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OPTICAL ROTATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; POLARIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84899813201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4751     Document Type: Article

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