Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

De novo design of Au36(SR)24 nanoclusters

  • Xu Liu,
  • Wen Wu Xu,
  • Xinyu Huang,
  • Endong Wang,
  • Xiao Cai,
  • Yue Zhao,
  • Jin Li,
  • Min Xiao,
  • Chunfeng Zhang,
  • Yi Gao,
  • Weiping Ding,
  • Yan Zhu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17132-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The discovery of atomically precise metal nanoclusters is generally unpredictable, and there are few examples of their rational synthesis. Here, the authors report the de novo design of Au36(SR)24 nanoclusters, from theoretical prediction to experimental synthesis and characterization of physicochemical properties.