Transitions in Discrete Absorption Bands of Au130 Clusters upon Stepwise Charging by Spectroelectrochemistry

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 8344-8351

  Wang, Dengchao ^a   Padelford, Jonathan W ^a   Ahuja, Tarushee ^a   Wang, Gangli ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Au MPCs; Au130; electronic structures; energy diagram; gold clusters; spectroelectrochemistry

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PRECIOUS METALS; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY;

ABSORPTION CHANGES; AU130; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; ENERGY DIAGRAM; GOLD CLUSTERS; NOBLE METAL CLUSTERS; QUANTIZED DOUBLE LAYER CHARGING; SELECTIVE ADDITION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84940121653     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b03007     Document Type: Article

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