Second- and Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Noble Metal Clusters KU Leuven
Small metal nanoparticles, composed of several tens of metal atoms, show size-dependent properties. The nanoparticles, or clusters, bridge the gap between small molecules and the metallic state. While historically a domain of solid state physics, noble metal cluster chemistry has evolved into a widely studied field in chemistry. This is due to the development of wet-chemical methods to stabilize clusters in solution with ligands. For gold ...