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The Atomic Metron – a Basis for Synthesis of Metal Sub-Nanometer Particles with a Discrete Number of Atoms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2013

Oksana Love ,
David A. Kidwell  and
Albert Epshteyn
Oksana Love
Affiliation:
National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A
David A. Kidwell*
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A
Albert Epshteyn
Affiliation:
Chemistry Division, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, U.S.A
*
*[email protected]
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Abstract

Few techniques are available to systematically synthesize and characterize metal particles below 1nm in size. We build nanoparticles in an atomically defined manner through the use of a high-fidelity molecular container we call an atomic metron, which is used to select and count the metallic ions that will make up the resultant nanoparticle. After a defined number of ions are selected, the metron may be spatially isolated and the metallic ions reduced to an isolated nanoparticle. Each step in the process is characterized via analytical methods. AFM is used to demonstrate the formation of sub-nanometer particles. The counting of atoms, isolation, and formation of nanoparticles, shows high potential for easy synthesis of sub-nanometer particles with fine control over the number of atoms in each particle.

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nanoscalescanning tunneling microscopy (STM)catalytic
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1548: Symposium N – Nanomaterials in the Subnanometer-Size Range , 2013 , mrss13-1548-n01-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2013 

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