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Au 34 − : A Chiral Gold Cluster?
Author(s) -
Lechtken Anne,
Schooss Detlef,
Stairs Jason R.,
Blom Martine N.,
Furche Filipp,
Morgner Nina,
Kostko Oleg,
von Issendorff Bernd,
Kappes Manfred M.
Publication year - 2007
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.200604760
Subject(s) - cluster (spacecraft) , gold cluster , ion , crystallography , density functional theory , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , trigonal crystal system , pyramid (geometry) , chemistry , symmetry (geometry) , electron diffraction , diffraction , materials science , physics , computational chemistry , crystal structure , nuclear magnetic resonance , optics , mathematics , geometry , organic chemistry , computer science , programming language
Gold prospecting : Trapped‐ion electron diffraction, photoelectron spectroscopy, and density functional theory are used to establish the structure of the free gold cluster ion Au 34 − . The results suggest a chiral cluster with an internal trigonal pyramid and C 3 point symmetry.