Polymorphism in magic-sized Au144(SR)60 clusters

Kirsten M.Ø. Jensen; Pavol Juhas; Marcus A. Tofanelli; Christine L. Heinecke; Gavin Vaughan; Christopher J. Ackerson; Simon J. L. Billinge

doi:10.1038/ncomms11859

Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

Polymorphism in magic-sized Au144(SR)60 clusters

Kirsten M.Ø. Jensen,
Pavol Juhas,
Marcus A. Tofanelli,
Christine L. Heinecke,
Gavin Vaughan,
Christopher J. Ackerson,
Simon J. L. Billinge

Affiliations

Kirsten M.Ø. Jensen: Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University
Pavol Juhas: Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Marcus A. Tofanelli: Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University
Christine L. Heinecke: Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University
Gavin Vaughan: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Christopher J. Ackerson: Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University
Simon J. L. Billinge: Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11859
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Gold nanoclusters are important nanomaterials but their structural assignment can be challenging if single crystals can’t be grown. Here, the authors use pair distribution function analysis of X-ray powder diffraction data for Au144(SR)60nanoclusters, and show that they exhibit polymorphism.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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