Deciphering synergetic core-shell transformation from [Mo6O22@Ag44] to [Mo8O28@Ag50]

Zhi Wang; Hai-Feng Su; Chen-Ho Tung; Di Sun; Lan-Sun Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06755-4

Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Deciphering synergetic core-shell transformation from [Mo6O22@Ag44] to [Mo8O28@Ag50]

Zhi Wang,
Hai-Feng Su,
Chen-Ho Tung,
Di Sun,
Lan-Sun Zheng

Affiliations

Zhi Wang: Key Laboratory of the Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University
Hai-Feng Su: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Chen-Ho Tung: Key Laboratory of the Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University
Di Sun: Key Laboratory of the Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University
Lan-Sun Zheng: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06755-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Understanding how one metal nanocluster transforms into another is of synthetic and fundamental importance. Here, the authors use mass spectrometry to reveal an acid-induced structural transformation between two Ag clusters that proceeds via a breakage-growth-reassembly mechanism.

Published in Nature Communications

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