Destabilization of gold clusters for controlled nanosynthesis: from clusters to polyhedra.

Guan, Guijian; Liu, Shuhua; Cai, Yongqing; Low, Michelle; Bharathi, M S; Zhang, Shuangyuan; Bai, Shiqiang; Zhang, Yong-Wei et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A precisely controlled destabilization of gold thiolate clusters is demonstrated to grow 12 {110}-faceted gold dodecahedra with greatly enhanced catalytic capability, and reveal the growth mechanism by DFT simulations. This greatly advances our understanding of nanocrystal growth and opens a new window for controlling the dissociation of clusters to produce nanocrystals with specific shapes.

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