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Magic nanoclusters of gold

Nature Nanotechnology volume 2, pages 273–274 (2007)Cite this article

A combination of theory and experiment is shedding new light on the structural and electronic properties of gold nanoclusters, including cage-like structures that contain other atoms.

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Figure 1: Two types of stable gold clusters.

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Pyykkö, P. Magic nanoclusters of gold. Nature Nanotech 2, 273–274 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2007.119

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