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S Feb 12, 2015 at 20:09 history suggested Sparkler CC BY-SA 3.0
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S Feb 12, 2015 at 19:55 history suggested Sparkler CC BY-SA 3.0
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Feb 12, 2015 at 19:54 comment added Crystal Lettuce Sorry, I just removed the "superatom model" part. I confused that with a different consideration. Therein, the AuL units are viewed as ligands to the central atom in $\ce{[M(AuPMe3)11(AuCl)][GaCl4]3}$ with (M = Ni, Pd, Pt). The twelve AuL "ligands" then form molecular orbitals which are reminiscent of atomic orbitals and thus can be described with the superatom model. (dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201310436)
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Feb 12, 2015 at 19:48 history edited Crystal Lettuce CC BY-SA 3.0
I just removed the part with the superatom model. This is a different consideration.
Feb 12, 2015 at 19:45 comment added Crystal Lettuce In this case I meant 5 nm, 12 nm. I stated this because I am not aware of any case in which a 13-metal-atom cluster was analysed by TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopy). The conditions are simply too harsh, the ligand shell is ripped off and the little clusters experience a very strong tendency to agglomerate. You need specialised TEM equipment to acquire meaningful data. Nanoparticles of a few nanometers are less prone to show such a fast agglomeration.
Feb 12, 2015 at 19:40 comment added Sparkler you said larger nanoparticles agglomerate less. by "larger" you mean larger than 13 metal atoms?
Feb 12, 2015 at 19:34 comment added Crystal Lettuce In this case I mean a dative bond. chemguide.co.uk/atoms/bonding/dative.html It has covalent portions as well as ionic. It is, however, better understood if you think of coordination complexes. Only in this case, there is not only a single metal atom in the centre.
Feb 12, 2015 at 19:30 comment added Sparkler what exactly do you mean by "enter orbital interaction"? covalent bond?
Feb 12, 2015 at 19:28 comment added Crystal Lettuce Those are some of the most common numbers in gold cluster chemistry, like $\ce{Au13(PR3)12}$ for example. 55 and 144 can be found in thiolated gold clusters.
Feb 12, 2015 at 19:23 comment added Sparkler where do the numbers 13,55,144 come from?
Feb 12, 2015 at 19:17 history answered Crystal Lettuce CC BY-SA 3.0