Structural Evolution of Smaller Gold Nanocrystals: The Truncated Decahedral Motif

Charles L. Cleveland; Uzi Landman; Thomas G. Schaaff; Marat N. Shafigullin; Peter W. Stephens; Robert L. Whetten

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1873

Structural Evolution of Smaller Gold Nanocrystals: The Truncated Decahedral Motif

Charles L. Cleveland, Uzi Landman, Thomas G. Schaaff, Marat N. Shafigullin, Peter W. Stephens, and Robert L. Whetten

Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 1873 – Published 8 September 1997

Abstract

Atomistic modeling of energetics and structures, coupled with x-ray powder diffraction analyses of size-separated passivated gold nanocrystals in the 1–2 nm size range, shows preferential formation of a stable sequence of three cluster sizes, all with a truncated-decahedral motif.

Received 4 April 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.1873

Authors & Affiliations

Charles L. Cleveland¹, Uzi Landman¹, Thomas G. Schaaff², Marat N. Shafigullin², Peter W. Stephens^3,4, and Robert L. Whetten^1,2

¹School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
²School of Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
³Department of Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794
⁴National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973