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Doping the Golden Cage Au16- with Si, Ge, and Sn

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(49):15136-15137
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja077465a· OSTI ID:924059
The discovery of catalytic effects in gold nanoparticles1 has accelerated efforts on the characterization and understanding of the structures and properties of bare gold clusters.2,3 Doped gold clusters have received increasing attention because of their potential tunable catalytic properties vs. dopant. The first highly stable doped gold cluster was a closed-shell icosahedral W@Au12, predicted using density-functional theory (DFT) by Pyykkö and Runeberg4 and confirmed using photoelectron spectroscopy (PES) by Li et al5. Subsequent PES studies showed that V-, Nb-, and Ta-doped Au12 clusters also possess the Ih symmetry.6 Mass spectra of a number of Au-alloy clusters have been observed by Lievens and co-workers.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (US), Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
924059
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-57893; 25099; 17812; KC0301020
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(49):15136-15137, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society, 129(49):15136-15137 Journal Issue: 49 Vol. 129; ISSN JACSAT; ISSN 0002-7863
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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