Superatomic S2 silver clusters stabilized by a thiolate-phosphine monolayer: Insight into electronic and optical properties of Ag14(SC6H3F2)12(PPh3)8 and Ag16(SC6H3F2)14(DPPE)4

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 8351-8355

  Gell, Lars ^a   Lehtovaara, Lauri ^a   Häkkinen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; LIGANDS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PRECIOUS METALS;

ELECTRON-RICH; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; GRADIENT-CORRECTED; NOBLE METAL CLUSTERS; OPTICAL SPECTRA; PERTURBATION THEORY; SILVER CLUSTER; TIME-DEPENDENT DFT;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84921534788     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp501185q     Document Type: Article

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