Optical spectra of the special Au144 gold-cluster compounds: Sensitivity to structure and symmetry

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 11250-11259

  Weissker, H Ch ^a,b   Lopez Acevedo, O ^b   Whetten, R L ^c   Lopez Lozano X ^c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ELECTRONIC STATES; GEOMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PRECIOUS METALS; QUANTUM THEORY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ASYMMETRIC STRUCTURES; CRYOGENIC CONDITIONS; ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION SPECTRA; EXCHANGE CORRELATIONS; EXCHANGE-CORRELATION FUNCTIONALS; OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURE DIFFERENCE; SYMMETRIC STRUCTURES;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930216440     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512310x     Document Type: Article

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