NANOCRYSTAL GOLD MOLECULES

Authors
WHETTEN RL KHOURY JT ALVAREZ MM MURTHY S VEZMAR I WANG ZL STEPHENS PW CLEVELAND CL LUEDTKE WD LANDMAN U
Citation
Rl. Whetten et al., NANOCRYSTAL GOLD MOLECULES, Advanced materials, 8(5), 1996, pp. 428
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science
Journal title
Advanced materials → ACNP
ISSN journal
09359648
Volume
8
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0935-9648(1996)8:5<428:NGM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Gold nanocrystals passivated by self-assembled monolayers of straight- chain alkylthiolate molecules have been obtained as highly purified mo lecular materials of high intrinsic stability. Evidence is presented f or a predicted discrete sequence of energetically optimal fee structur es of a truncated octahedral morphological motif (see cover). The nano crystal materials have a propensity to form extended superlattices, su ch as that in the Figure.