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SUBMITTER: Yamazoe S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4735635 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20160118
Unique thermal properties of metal clusters are believed to originate from the hierarchy of the bonding. However, an atomic-level understanding of how the bond stiffnesses are affected by the atomic packing of a metal cluster and the interfacial structure with the surrounding environment has not been attained to date. Here we elucidate the hierarchy in the bond stiffness in thiolate-protected, icosahedral-based gold clusters Au25(SC2H4Ph)18, Au38(SC2H4Ph)24 and Au144(SC2H4Ph)60 by analysing Au L ...[more]