Crystalline assembly of gold nanoclusters mediated via complexation reactions

Abstract

Atoms owing to the polarizability of the electrons can be easily arranged into molecules However atomic nanoclusters which in many aspects are similar to that of atoms lacks the presence of polarizable electrons and hence are restricted from being spatially organized in a manner akin to that of arrangement of atoms to in molecules In order to circumvent this limitation the ligands stabilizing the nanoscale particles have emerged as an effective medium for spatial organization of theses n