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Cover Feature: Polyhydrido Copper Nanoclusters with a Hollow Icosahedral Core: [Cu 30 H 18 {E 2 P(OR) 2 } 12 ] (E=S or Se; R= n Pr, i Pr or i Bu) (Chem. Eur. J. 46/2020)
Author(s) -
Barik Subrat Kumar,
Huo ShouChih,
Wu ChunYen,
Chiu TzuHao,
Liao JianHong,
Wang Xiaoping,
Kahlal Samia,
Saillard JeanYves,
Liu C. W.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202002768
Subject(s) - icosahedral symmetry , nanoclusters , bimetallic strip , crystallography , quasicrystal , copper , neutron diffraction , materials science , core (optical fiber) , doping , chemistry , crystal structure , nanotechnology , metal , metallurgy , optoelectronics , composite material
The structurally precise polyhydrido copper nanocluster (NC) [Cu 30 H 18 {S 2 P(O n Pr) 2 } 12 ] which contains an unprecedented inner hollow Cu 12 icosahedral core has been fully characterized by single‐crystal neutron diffraction; while Ag 12 and Au 12 inner hollow icosahedra encircled within Ag 44 and Au 32 NCs have been reported by Bigioni and Wang in 2013 and 2019, respectively. Pd doping on the Cu 30 NC led to the isolation of Pd−Cu bimetallic NCs, which exhibit a linear [(PdH 2 ) 2− ]‐centered icosahedral core. More information can be found in the Full Paper by J.‐Y. Saillard, C. W. Liu, et al. on page 10471.