Chemical Reviews, volume 118, issue 11, pages 5755-5870

Super Atomic Clusters: Design Rules and Potential for Building Blocks of Materials.

Jena Puru 1
Sun Qiang 1
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Physics Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23284-2000, United States
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2018-05-29
Journal: Chemical Reviews
Quartile SCImago
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor62.1
ISSN00092665, 15206890
General Chemistry
Abstract
Atomic clusters, consisting of a few to a few thousand atoms, have emerged over the past 40 years as the ultimate nanoparticles, whose structure and properties can be controlled one atom at a time. One of the early motivations in studying clusters was to understand how the properties of matter evolve as a function of size, shape, and composition. Over the past few decades, more than 200 000 papers have been published in this field. These studies have not only led to a considerable understanding of this evolution from clusters to crystals, but also have revealed many unusual size-specific properties that make cluster science an interdisciplinary field on its own, bridging physics, chemistry, materials science, biology, and medicine. More importantly, the possibility of creating a new class of materials, composed of clusters instead of atoms as building blocks, has fueled the hope that one can synthesize materials from the bottom-up with unique and tailored properties. This Review focuses on the properties that set clusters apart from their corresponding bulk. Furthermore, this Review describes how different electron-counting rules can lead to the design of stable clusters, mimicking the chemistry of atoms. We highlight the potential of these "superatoms" as building blocks of cluster-assembled materials. Specifically, we emphasize cluster-inspired materials for energy applications. The concluding section includes a summary of the salient features of clusters, potential challenges that remain, and an outlook for the future of cluster science.

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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00524
UR - https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.chemrev.7b00524
TI - Super Atomic Clusters: Design Rules and Potential for Building Blocks of Materials.
T2 - Chemical Reviews
AU - Jena, Puru
AU - Sun, Qiang
PY - 2018
DA - 2018/05/29 00:00:00
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
SP - 5755-5870
IS - 11
VL - 118
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SN - 1520-6890
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@article{2018_Jena,
author = {Puru Jena and Qiang Sun},
title = {Super Atomic Clusters: Design Rules and Potential for Building Blocks of Materials.},
journal = {Chemical Reviews},
year = {2018},
volume = {118},
publisher = {American Chemical Society (ACS)},
month = {may},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.chemrev.7b00524},
number = {11},
pages = {5755--5870},
doi = {10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00524}
}
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Jena, Puru, and Qiang Sun. “Super Atomic Clusters: Design Rules and Potential for Building Blocks of Materials..” Chemical Reviews, vol. 118, no. 11, May. 2018, pp. 5755-5870. https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.chemrev.7b00524.
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