Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

The fourth crystallographic closest packing unveiled in the gold nanocluster crystal

  • Zibao Gan,
  • Jishi Chen,
  • Juan Wang,
  • Chengming Wang,
  • Man-Bo Li,
  • Chuanhao Yao,
  • Shengli Zhuang,
  • An Xu,
  • Lingling Li,
  • Zhikun Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14739
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Metal nanoclusters are explored for their precise structures and compelling properties. Here, the authors synthesize a gold cluster with unique structural features, including giant staple motifs, tetrahedral-coordinateμ4-S atoms, and a helical closest-packed crystallographic pattern that influences the cluster’s photoluminescence.