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Area of Science:

  • Condensed matter physics
  • Materials science
  • Nanotechnology

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  • Atomically precise metal nanoclusters have advanced significantly in synthesis and structure determination.
  • Their condensed matter properties within crystal lattices under high pressure remain largely unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the high-pressure behavior of atomically precise gold nanocluster crystals.
  • To understand the structural, magnetic, and electronic property changes under compression.

Main Methods:

  • Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were employed.
  • Simulations were performed on a crystal of the superatomic gold cluster, Au25(SC2H5)18^0, under varying pressures (10-110 GPa).

Main Results:

  • At ambient conditions, Au25(SC2H5)18^0 clusters exhibit dispersion interactions and a magnetic moment due to being a 7-electron superatom.
  • Under compression, intercluster covalent bonds (Au-Au, Au-S, S-S) form, creating a network structure.
  • The magnetic moment vanishes, and a semiconductor-to-metal transition occurs with increasing pressure.

Conclusions:

  • High pressure can induce significant structural transformations in atomically precise metal nanocluster crystals.
  • These transformations lead to novel crystalline states and altered physical properties, including metallicity and loss of magnetism.