ESI-MS identification of abundant copper-gold clusters exhibiting high plasmonic character

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 10935-10942

  Bhattarai, Nabraj ^a,c   Black, David M ^a   Boppidi, Snigdha ^a   Khanal, Subarna ^a   Bahena, Daniel ^a   Tlahuice Flores, Alfredo ^b   Bach, S B H ^a   Whetten, Robert L ^a   Jose Yacaman, Miguel ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COPPER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; GOLD; HEAVY IONS; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IONIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PALLADIUM; PLASMONS; POLYPEPTIDES; PRECIOUS METALS;

AGGREGATION PHENOMENA; COPPER CLUSTER; DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL STRUCTURES; POSITIVE CHARGES; TETRAHYDROFURANS;

GOLD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930225385     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510893h     Document Type: Article

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