A Keplerian Ag₉₀ nest of Platonic and Archimedean polyhedra in different symmetry groups.

ABSTRACT: Polyhedra are ubiquitous in chemistry, biology, mathematics and other disciplines. Coordination-driven self-assembly has created molecules mimicking Platonic, Archimedean and even Goldberg polyhedra, however, nesting multiple polyhedra in one cluster is challenging, not only for synthesis but also for determining the alignment of the polyhedra. Here, we synthesize a nested Ag₉₀ nanocluster under solvothermal condition. This pseudo-T_h symmetric Ag₉₀ ball contains three concentric Ag polyhedra with apparently incompatible symmetry. Specifically, the inner (Ag₆) and middle (Ag₂₄) shells are octahedral (O_h), an octahedron (a Platonic solid with six 3.3.3.3 vertices) and a truncated octahedron (an Archimedean solid with twenty-fo

SUBMITTER: Su YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335041 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature