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monolayer-protected gold nanoparticle at 1.1 angstrom resolution. Science, 318(5849), 430–
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conductance spectra of crystalline Pd nanoparticles. Phys. Rev. B 70(20), 205411 (2004)
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706 (2005)
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gold chains. Science 297(5588), 1853–1856 (2002)
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