Tuning Properties in Silver Clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 3023-3035

  Joshi, Chakra P ^a   Bootharaju, Megalamane S ^a   Bakr, Osman M ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROPERTY; FUTURE PROSPECTS; PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; SILVER NANOCLUSTERS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TUNING PROPERTIES;

NANOCLUSTERS;

EID: 84938723368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00934     Document Type: Review

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