Unraveling the atomic structure, ripening behavior, and electronic structure of supported Au <sub>20</sub> clusters
Zhe Li, Hsin‐Yi Tiffany Chen, Koen Schouteden, Thomas Picot, Ting‐Wei Liao, Aleksandr Seliverstov, Chris Van Haesendonck, Gianfranco Pacchioni, Ewald Janssens, Peter Lievens
Abstract
agglomerates. The evolution of the electron density of states deduced from the spectra reveals gap reduction with increasing agglomerate size.
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