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Low-temperature activation of molecular oxygen by gold clusters: a stoichiometric process correlated to electron affinity by Salisbury, B.E, Wallace, W.T, Whetten, R.L

“…The adsorption–desorption equilibria of di-oxygen (O 2) on gold cluster anions ( Au N −, N=2–22 ) have been measured in the high-pressure limit by pulsed…”
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Critical sizes in the growth of Au clusters by Alvarez, M.M., Khoury, J.T., Schaaff, T.G., Shafigullin, M., Vezmar, I., Whetten, R.L.

“…A systematic exploration of the growth of Au clusters has revealed a critical size for the formation of stable assemblies. Mass-spectrometric measurements of…”
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Structure and Bonding in the Ubiquitous Icosahedral Metallic Gold Cluster Au144(SR)60 by Lopez-Acevedo, Olga, Akola, Jaakko, Whetten, Robert L, Grönbeck, Henrik, Häkkinen, Hannu

“…Density-functional theory computations on a cluster Au144(SR)60 with an icosahedral Au114 core with 30 RS−Au−SR units protecting its surface yield an excellent…”
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Greengold, a giant cluster compound of unusual electronic structure by Gutiérrez, E., Powell, R.D., Furuya, F.R., Hainfeld, J.F., Schaaff, T.G., Shafigullin, M.N., Stephens, P.W., Whetten, R.L.

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Information on quantum states pervades the visible spectrum of the ubiquitous Au144(SR)60 gold nanocluster by Weissker, H.-Ch, Escobar, H. Barron, Thanthirige, V. D., Kwak, K., Lee, D., Ramakrishna, G., Whetten, R. L., López-Lozano, X.

“…Absorption spectra of very small metal clusters exhibit individual peaks that reflect the discreteness of their localized electronic states. With increasing…”
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Optical Spectra of the Special Au 144 Gold-Cluster Compounds: Sensitivity to Structure and Symmetry by Weissker, H.-Ch, Lopez-Acevedo, O., Whetten, R. L., López-Lozano, X.

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Imaging and tunneling spectroscopy of gold nanocrystals and nanocrystal arrays by BIGIONI, T. P, HARRELL, L. E, CULLEN, W. G, GUTHRIE, D. K, WHETTEN, R. L, FIRST, P. N

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Liquid-phase synthesis of thiol-derivatized silver nanocrystals by Murthy, Srihari, Bigioni, Terry P., Wang, Z.L., Khoury, Joseph T., Whetten, R.L.

“…A liquid-phase method is reported for the preparation of dodecanethiol-derivatized silver nanocrystals. Toluene sols of this material maintain as sols in air…”
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Isolation and Selected Properties of a 10.4 kDa Gold:Glutathione Cluster Compound by Schaaff, T. Gregory, Knight, Grady, Shafigullin, Marat N, Borkman, Raymond F, Whetten, Robert L

“…An unprecedented small thioaurite cluster compound (with metallic Au0 core) has been isolated in high yield by decomposition of polymeric Au(I)SG compounds,…”
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Structural Evolution of Smaller Gold Nanocrystals: The Truncated Decahedral Motif by Cleveland, Charles L., Landman, Uzi, Schaaff, Thomas G., Shafigullin, Marat N., Stephens, Peter W., Whetten, Robert L.

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Oxygen Adsorption on Hydrated Gold Cluster Anions:  Experiment and Theory by Wallace, William T, Wyrwas, Richard B, Whetten, Robert L, Mitrić, Roland, Bonačić-Koutecký, Vlasta

“…The discovery that supported gold clusters act as highly efficient catalysts for low-temperature oxidation reactions has led to a great deal of work aimed at…”
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Reversible Manipulations of Room Temperature Mechanical and Quantum Transport Properties in Nanowire Junctions by Landman, U, Luedtke, WD, Salisbury, BE, Whetten, RL

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Metastability of gold-carbonyl cluster complexes, Au N(CO) M by Wallace, W.T., Whetten, R.L.

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Alkali-Fulleride Superconductors: Synthesis, Composition, and Diamagnetic Shielding by Holczer, Károly, Klein, Oliviér, Huang, Shiou-Mei, Kaner, Richard B., Fu, Ke-Jian, Whetten, Robert L., Diederich, François

“…The recent report ora superconductivity onset near the critical temperature T$_c$ = 18 K in potassium-doped C$_{60}$ raises questions concerning the…”
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Beyond C[sub 60]: The higher Fullerenes by Diederich, F., Whetten, R.L.

“…This account describes the isolation and separation of stable higher fullerenes. The spectral data which support the structural assignments for these carbon…”
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Alkali halide cluster dianions: metastability and threshold sizes by Friedrich, J., Weis, P., Kaller, J., Whetten, R.L., Kappes, M.M.

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Photophysical properties of C60 by ARBOGAST, J. W, DARMANYAN, A. P, FOOTE, C. S, RUBIN, Y, DIEDERICH, F. N, ALVAREZ, M. M, ANZ, S. J, WHETTEN, R. L

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Optical spectra of localized excess electrons in alkali halide clusters by RAJAGOPAL, G, BARNETT, R. N, NITZAN, A, LANDMAN, U, HONEA, E. C, LABASTIE, P, HOMER, M. L, WHETTEN, R. L

“…Excess electrons attached to small alkali halide clusters give rise to optical-absorption bands whose characteristics are highly specific to the mode of…”
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Thin films of thiol-derivatized gold nanocrystals by Murthy, Srihari, Wang, Z.L., Whetten, R.L.

“…Thin films of thiol-derivatized gold nanocrystals have been formed on amorphous carbon substrates by air drying toluene solutions of these nanocrystals and…”
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Luminescence and absorption spectra of C60 films by REBER, C, YEE, L, MCKIERNAN, J, ZINK, J. I, WILLIAMS, R. S, TONG, W. M, OHLBERG, D. A. A, WHETTEN, R. L, DIEDERICH, F

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