New structure model of Au22(SR)18: Bitetrahederon golden kernel enclosed by [Au6(SR)6] Au(I) complex

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1390-1395

  Pei, Yong ^a   Tang, Jian ^a   Tang, Xianqiong ^a   Huang, Yunqing ^a   Zeng, Xiao Cheng ^b  

^a XIANGTAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

density functional theory (DFT); electronic structure; structural evolution; superatom network; thiolated gold cluster

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; NANOCLUSTERS;

AU NANOCLUSTERS; CORE SIZE; ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION; GOLD CLUSTERS; STRUCTURAL CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION; STRUCTURE MODELING; VALENCE ELECTRON;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

GOLD; NANOMATERIAL;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

GOLD; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 84927929697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00364     Document Type: Article

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