X-ray spectroscopy of gold-Thiolate nanoclusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 25291-25299

  Zhang, Peng ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GOLD; NANOCLUSTERS; PLATINUM ALLOYS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BACKGROUND INFORMATION; ELEMENT SPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION; THIOLATES; X-RAY STUDIES;

GOLD METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84908658811     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp507739u     Document Type: Article

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