Structural and electronic properties of photoexcited TiO2 nanoparticles from first principles

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 635-645

  Nunzi, Francesca ^a,b   Agrawal, Saurabh ^a   Selloni, Annabella ^c   De Angelis, Filippo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; QUANTUM THEORY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84922661063     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct500815x     Document Type: Article

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