Real-space imaging with pattern recognition of a ligand-protected Ag374 nanocluster at sub-molecular resolution

Qin Zhou; Sami Kaappa; Sami Malola; Hui Lu; Dawei Guan; Yajuan Li; Haochen Wang; Zhaoxiong Xie; Zhibo Ma; Hannu Häkkinen; Nanfeng Zheng; Xueming Yang; Lansun Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05372-5

Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Real-space imaging with pattern recognition of a ligand-protected Ag374 nanocluster at sub-molecular resolution

Qin Zhou,
Sami Kaappa,
Sami Malola,
Hui Lu,
Dawei Guan,
Yajuan Li,
Haochen Wang,
Zhaoxiong Xie,
Zhibo Ma,
Hannu Häkkinen,
Nanfeng Zheng,
Xueming Yang,
Lansun Zheng

Affiliations

Qin Zhou: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials,and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Sami Kaappa: Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Nanoscience Center (NSC), University of Jyväskylä
Sami Malola: Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Nanoscience Center (NSC), University of Jyväskylä
Hui Lu: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Dawei Guan: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Yajuan Li: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Haochen Wang: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Zhaoxiong Xie: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials,and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Zhibo Ma: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Hannu Häkkinen: Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Nanoscience Center (NSC), University of Jyväskylä
Nanfeng Zheng: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials,and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Xueming Yang: State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Lansun Zheng: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials,and National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05372-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Translating high-resolution imaging methods to the curved organic surface of a nanoparticle has been challenging. Here, the authors are able to spatially resolve the sub-molecular surface details of a silver nanocluster by comparing scanning tunneling microscopy images and simulated topography data through a pattern recognition algorithm.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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