Structural distortion and electron redistribution in dual-emitting gold nanoclusters

Excited-state structural and electronic changes, observed in molecules, are hampered in nanomaterials. Here the authors identify structural distortion and electron redistribution in three photoexcited gold nanoclusters, connecting molecular and nanocrystal regimes, enabled by flexibility of the tetr...

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Main Authors: Qi Li, Dongming Zhou, Jinsong Chai, Woong Young So, Tong Cai, Mingxing Li, Linda A. Peteanu, Ou Chen, Mircea Cotlet, X. Wendy Gu, Haiming Zhu, Rongchao Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16686-8