New Perspectives on the Electronic and Geometric Structure of Au70S20(PPh3)12 Cluster: Superatomic-Network Core Protected by Novel Au12(µ3-S)10 Staple Motifs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Geometric Structure
3.2. Chemical Bonding Analysis
3.3. Aromatic Analysis
3.4. Cu6@Au12(μ3-S)8, Ag6@Au12(μ3-S)8, and Au6@Au12(μ3-S)8 Clusters
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Tian, Z.; Xu, Y.; Cheng, L. New Perspectives on the Electronic and Geometric Structure of Au70S20(PPh3)12 Cluster: Superatomic-Network Core Protected by Novel Au12(µ3-S)10 Staple Motifs. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081132
Tian Z, Xu Y, Cheng L. New Perspectives on the Electronic and Geometric Structure of Au70S20(PPh3)12 Cluster: Superatomic-Network Core Protected by Novel Au12(µ3-S)10 Staple Motifs. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(8):1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081132
Chicago/Turabian StyleTian, Zhimei, Yangyang Xu, and Longjiu Cheng. 2019. "New Perspectives on the Electronic and Geometric Structure of Au70S20(PPh3)12 Cluster: Superatomic-Network Core Protected by Novel Au12(µ3-S)10 Staple Motifs" Nanomaterials 9, no. 8: 1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9081132