Atomistic electrodynamics simulations of bare and ligand-coated nanoparticles in the quantum size regime

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Xing ^a   Moore, Justin E ^a   Zekarias, Meserret ^a,b   Jensen, Lasse ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; LIGAND; NANOPARTICLE;

ELECTRODYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; LIGAND; NANOPARTICLE; OPTICAL PROPERTY; OPTIMIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; GEOMETRY; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATION;

EID: 84946962521     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9921     Document Type: Article

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