Au36(SPh)24 nanomolecules: X-ray crystal structure, optical spectroscopy, electrochemistry, and theoretical analysis

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 118, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 14157-14167

  Nimmala, Praneeth Reddy ^a   Knoppe, Stefan ^b   Jupally, Vijay Reddy ^a   Delcamp, Jared H ^a   Aikens, Christine M ^c   Dass, Amala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; LIGANDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CAPPING LIGANDS; CRYSTALS STRUCTURES; ESI MASS SPECTROMETRY; FACE-CENTRED CUBIC; GOLD ATOMS; NANO-MOLECULES; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; THIOLATES; X RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES;

X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84917737670     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp506508x     Document Type: Article

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