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The Shape of Germanium Clusters To Come
Author(s) -
Korber Nikolaus
Publication year - 2009
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.200900133
Subject(s) - germanium , geography , materials science , engineering physics , physics , optoelectronics , silicon
A different drummer : The existence of endohedral germanium clusters was predicted earlier by gas‐phase experiments. The [Co@Ge 10 ] 3− anion now synthesized is surprising, as it breaks with a long line of exclusively deltahedral structures found in the past. Instead, it has a regular pentagonal‐prismatic structure (see picture; Co gray, Ge red).