Impact of skeletal isomerization of ultrasmall gold clusters on electrochemical properties: Voltammetric profiles of nonspoked octanuclear clusters.

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 10995-10999

  Kamei, Yutaro ^a   Robertson, Neil ^b   Shichibu, Yukatsu ^a   Konishi, Katsuaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; GOLD; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS;

CLUSTER STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GEOMETRICAL STRUCTURE; GOLD CLUSTERS; INTERCONVERSIONS; SKELETAL ISOMERIZATION; TWO-ELECTRON REDOX; VOLTAMMETRIC PROFILES;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930221842     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511296f     Document Type: Article

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