Structural Evolution of Smaller Gold Nanocrystals: The Truncated Decahedral Motif

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C. L. Cleveland · Georgia Institute of Technology

Uzi Landman · Georgia Institute of Technology

Thomas G. Schaaff · Georgia Institute of Technology

Marat N. Shafigullin · Georgia Institute of Technology

Peter W. Stephens · State University of New York

Robert L. Whetten · Georgia Institute of Technology

Abstract

Atomistic modeling of energetics and structures, coupled with x-ray powder diffraction analyses of size-separated passivated gold nanocrystals in the 1--2 nm size range, shows preferential formation of a stable sequence of three cluster sizes, all with a truncated-decahedral motif.

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nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 79, Issue 10, pp. 1873-1876

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.79.1873

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 9.79

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Structural Evolution of Smaller Gold Nanocrystals: The Truncated Decahedral Motif

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