Synthesis of Highly Stable Surfactant-free Cu5 Clusters in Water

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 120, Issue 29, 2016, Pages 15902-15908

  Huseyinova, Shahana ^a   Blanco, José ^b   Requejo, Félix G ^c   Ramallo López, José M ^c   Blanco, M Carmen ^a   Buceta, David ^a   López Quintela, M Arturo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ENERGY GAP; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOIONIZATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; X RAY ABSORPTION;

ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; KINETIC CONTROL; NEW APPROACHES; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SURFACTANT-FREE; UV IRRADIATION; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84979937618     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12227     Document Type: Article

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