In Search of the Quantum-Electronic Origin of Color Change: Elucidation of the Subtle Effects of Alloying with Copper on ≈1.8 nm Gold Nanoclusters

Rajarshi Sinha-Roy (1) , Xóchitl López-Lozano (2) , R. Whetten , Pablo García-González , H.-Ch. Weissker (1)

1 CINaM - Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille
2 UTSA Department of Physics and Astronomy [San Antonio]

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Matière Condensée [cond-mat]

Rajarshi Sinha-Roy, Xóchitl López-Lozano, R. Whetten, Pablo García-González, H.-Ch. Weissker. In Search of the Quantum-Electronic Origin of Color Change: Elucidation of the Subtle Effects of Alloying with Copper on ≈1.8 nm Gold Nanoclusters. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2017, 121 (10), pp.5753 - 5760. ⟨10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b00581⟩. ⟨hal-01720730⟩