Assembling Au₄ Tetrahedra to 2D and 3D Superatomic Crystals Based on Superatomic-Network Model.

ABSTRACT: Thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters (denoted as Au _m (SR) _n or Au _n L _m ) have received extensive attention both experimentally and theoretically. Understanding the growth mode of the Au₄ unit in Au _m (SR) _n is of great significance for experimental synthesis and the search for new gold clusters. In this work, we first build six clusters of Au₇(AuCl₂)₃, Au₁₂(AuCl₂)₄, Au₁₆(AuCl₂)₆, Au₂₂(AuCl₂)₆, and Au₃₀(AuCl₂)₆ with the Au₄ unit as the basic building blocks. Density functional theory (DFT) calculati

SUBMITTER: Yan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9476519 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature