Evolución átomo por átomo de las mismas series de nanocúmulos protegidos por ligandos Au21, Au22, Au22Cd1 y Au24

Yingwei Li1, Michael J Cowan2, Meng Zhou3

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, United States.

Resumen

Los investigadores controlaron con precisión los nanocúmulos metálicos (NC) átomo por átomo, revelando cómo los átomos individuales alteran drásticamente las propiedades ópticas mientras que las propiedades electrónicas permanecen estables. Este avance permite la creación de NC sintonizables para aplicaciones avanzadas.

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