Support Drives Fate of Protected Gold Nanoclusters as Catalysts (IMAGE)

University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopisto

Support Drives Fate of Protected Gold Nanoclusters as Catalysts

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The research made to the cover of Chemistry-A European Journal in June 2020. In the image: gold clusters (yellow gems) protected by organic molecules (pink and blue gems) split in two different ways based on the support that it is deposited on. In the case shown to the left, the gold cluster breaks down completely into monoatomic species, while in the case shown to the right, the organic molecules move away leaving behind the intact gold cluster ready for catalysis.

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The University of Jyväskylä

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