Influence of air exposure on structural isomers of silver nanoparticles

Vernieres, Jerome; Tarrat, Nathalie; Lethbridge, Sean; Watchorn-Rokutan, Erica; Slater, Thomas; Loffreda, David; Palmer, Richard

doi:10.1038/s42004-023-00813-9

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Influence of air exposure on structural isomers of silver nanoparticles

Jerome Vernieres

, Nathalie Tarrat

, Sean Lethbridge

, Erica Watchorn-Rokutan

, Thomas Slater

, David Loffreda, Richard Palmer

Communications Chemistry, Volume: 6, Issue: 1

Swansea University Author: Richard Palmer

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Up to date, the influence of ambient air exposure on the energetics and stability of silver clusters has rarely been investigated and compared to clusters in vacuum. Silver clusters up to 3000 atoms in size, on an amorphous carbon film, have been exposed to ambient air and investigated by atomic-res...

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Influence of air exposure on structural isomers of silver nanoparticles

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