Understanding and controlling the 1,4-phenylene diisocyanide-gold oligomer formation pathways

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 36, 2014, Pages 20899-20907

  Garvey, Michael ^a   Kestell, John ^a   Abuflaha, Rasha ^a   Bennett, Dennis W ^a   Henkelman, Graeme ^b   Tysoe, Wilfred T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADATOMS; CYANIDES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIPOLE MOMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GOLD; MOLECULES; OLIGOMERIZATION; OLIGOMERS;

ACTIVATION BARRIERS; AU(111) SURFACES; COMPLEX-COUPLING; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; ISOCYANIDE GROUP; OLIGOMER FORMATIONS; ORIENTED SYSTEMS; PROPAGATION STEP;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84914159620     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504799p     Document Type: Article

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