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Au 32 : A 24‐Carat Golden Fullerene
Author(s) -
Johansson Mikael P.,
Sundholm Dage,
Vaara Juha
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200453986
Subject(s) - fullerene , buckminsterfullerene , aromaticity , cluster (spacecraft) , electromagnetic shielding , materials science , chemistry , chemical physics , computational chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , molecule , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
Golden balls! Relativistic quantum chemical theory suggests the existence of an interesting and surprising gold cluster. The all‐gold fullerene Au 32 (see picture) is structurally very similar to the familiar buckminsterfullerene C 60 , as it is approximately the same size and hollow. Au 32 is stabilized by relativistic effects and spherical aromaticity; the magnetic shielding at the center of the fullerene has the highest predicted value.