Theoretical analysis of the M12Ag32(SR)404- and X@M12Ag32(SR)304- nanoclusters (M = Au, Ag; X = H, Mn)

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 10943-10948

  Gell, Lars ^a   Häkkinen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LIGANDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TRANSITION METALS;

CHEMICAL CHANGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; ELECTRON-RICH AROMATICS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC TRANSITIONS; OPTICAL SPECTRA; THIOLATE LIGANDS; TIME-DEPENDENT DENSITY;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84923953914     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510926q     Document Type: Article

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