Conformation and dynamics of the ligand shell of a water-soluble Au 102 nanoparticle

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Salorinne, Kirsi ^a   Malola, Sami ^a   Wong, O Andrea ^b   Rithner, Christopher D ^b   Chen, Xi ^a   Ackerson, Christopher J ^b   Häkkinen, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; LIGAND; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE;

GOLD; LIGAND; NANOPARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PRECISION; SOLUBILITY; VISUALIZATION; WATER;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HETERONUCLEAR SINGLE QUANTUM COHERENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLID STATE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

GOLD; LIGANDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION;

EID: 84955439696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10401     Document Type: Article

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