Issue 35, 2017

ZnO nested shell magic clusters as tetrapod nuclei

Abstract

Although atomic clusters are generally different from bulk material in terms of their structure, they can initiate (nano)crystal formation. For ZnO, tetrapod-like nanostructures are well known; however, their nucleation model is still questionable. In this report, ZnO magic clusters were considered as seeds for the nucleation of tetrapods; these clusters were characterized via mass spectroscopy and were attributed to a series of nested shell clusters via quantum chemical calculations. Herein, these clusters were constructed as nested Goldberg polyhedra and subjected to Jahn–Teller distortion.

Graphical abstract: ZnO nested shell magic clusters as tetrapod nuclei

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Feb 2017
Accepted
03 Apr 2017
First published
19 Apr 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 21933-21942

ZnO nested shell magic clusters as tetrapod nuclei

A. Dmytruk, I. Dmitruk, Y. Shynkarenko, R. Belosludov and A. Kasuya, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 21933 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA01610G

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