Unraveling the atomic structures of the Au68(SR)34 nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 25, 2015, Pages 14224-14229

  Xu, Wen Wu ^a   Gao, Yi ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; ISOMERS; NANOPARTICLES;

CORE STRUCTURE; ENERGY ISOMERS; FUSED-CORE; HOMO-LUMO GAPS; LINEAR FITTING; STABLE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURE PREDICTION; THRESHOLD NUMBERS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84933060312     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b03128     Document Type: Article

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