High-nuclearity lanthanide clusters can exhibit interesting properties such as magnetism, but the mechanisms by which they assemble are poorly understood. Here, the formation of two dysprosium nanoclusters containing 30 or 60 atoms is followed over time by mass spectrometry and proposed to follow a seven-step assembly mechanism.
- Zhi-Rong Luo
- Hai-Ling Wang
- Fu-Pei Liang
