Experimental determination of the energy difference between competing isomers of deposited, size-selected gold nanoclusters

The equilibrium structures and dynamics of a nanoscale system are regulated by a complex potential energy surface (PES), a key target of theoretical calculations but experimentally elusive. Here, the authors report the measurement of a key PES parameter for size-selected Au nanoclusters soft-landed...

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Main Authors: D. M. Foster, R. Ferrando, R. E. Palmer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03794-9