Atomically resolved Au52Cu72(SR)55 nanoalloy reveals Marks decahedron truncation and Penrose tiling surface

Yongbo Song; Yingwei Li; Hao Li; Feng Ke; Ji Xiang; Chuanjun Zhou; Peng Li; Manzhou Zhu; Rongchao Jin

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14400-2

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Atomically resolved Au52Cu72(SR)55 nanoalloy reveals Marks decahedron truncation and Penrose tiling surface

Yongbo Song,
Yingwei Li,
Hao Li,
Feng Ke,
Ji Xiang,
Chuanjun Zhou,
Peng Li,
Manzhou Zhu,
Rongchao Jin

Affiliations

Yongbo Song: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University
Yingwei Li: Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
Hao Li: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University
Feng Ke: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University
Ji Xiang: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University
Chuanjun Zhou: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University
Peng Li: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University
Manzhou Zhu: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Atomic Engineering of Advanced Materials, Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Chemistry for Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Functionalized Materials, Anhui University
Rongchao Jin: Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14400-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The formation of Marks truncated decahedra in nanoparticles is ubiquitous but the mechanism has not been fully understood. Here, the authors provide atomic-level insights by creating a non-truncated Au52Cu72(SR)55 decahedral nanocluster and comparing it with the truncated homogold decahedra.

Published in Nature Communications

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