Superatoms. Группа авторов

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that mimic the chemistry of halogens but possess electron affinities far exceeding those of halogen atoms. The design, stability, and structure‐property relationships of endohedral clusters where metal atoms are encapsulated inside cage clusters composed of Si, Ge, Sn, and coinage metal atoms are discussed in Chapter 4. Also discussed in this chapter are assemblies of these metal encapsulated clusters. Chapter 5 shows how magnetic superatoms that mimic the properties of transition and rare earth metal atoms can be created by tailoring the role of s and p electrons that account for bonding while d and f electrons carry the magnetic moment. Chapters 6 and 7 cover the experimental and theoretical aspects of cluster‐assembled materials focusing on atomically precise ligand‐protected clusters composed of noble metal atoms. Two‐dimensional materials created with superatoms as the building blocks are presented in Chapter 8. Potential applications of superatom‐based materials in ferroelectrics, solar cells, Li‐ion batteries, hydrogen storage, and capture and conversion of CO2 are covered in Chapters 912. The challenges and opportunities that lie ahead are summarized in the concluding chapter. Cluster science in general and superatoms in particular are expected to remain a vibrant field for years to come, leading the way to new developments in materials design, synthesis, and applications.

       Puru Jena

       Qiang Sun

       Hong Fang Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

       Nicola Gaston The MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

       Hannu Häkkinen Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

       Purusottam (Puru) Jena Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

       Vijay Kumar Center for Informatics, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Tehsil Dadri, Uttar Pradesh, India Dr. Vijay Kumar Foundation, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

       Tingwei Li School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China

       Zhifeng Liu School of Physical Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China

       Haoming Shen School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China

       Piotr Skurski Laboratory of Quantum Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland Henry Eyring Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

       Qiang Sun School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China

       Tatsuya Tsukuda Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

       Menghao Wu School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China

       Puru Jena1, and Qiang Sun2,3

       1 Physics Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA

       2 School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China

       3 Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China

      Atomic clusters are a group of homo‐ or hetero‐nuclear atoms that form in the gas phase when a hot plume of atoms cool through collisions with noble gas atoms. Once mass is isolated in a quadrupole or time of flight mass spectrometer, these clusters are studied with atomic precision. Although both molecules and atomic clusters are composed of a group of atoms, the similarity ends there. Molecules are found in nature and are stable under ambient conditions, while clusters are produced in the laboratory and are stable only when held in isolation. In addition, unlike molecules, clusters of any size and composition, in principle, can be formed. The early motivation for studying clusters was to understand how properties of matter evolve, one atom at a time. It was soon realized that the structure and properties of clusters are unique and do not resemble their bulk properties until their sizes are very large. Equally important, their properties vary nonmonotonically and unpredictably with size, shape, and composition. This realization gave clusters their own identity, and they came to represent a new phase of matter intermediate between the atoms and their bulk matter. The field of cluster science, born over half a century ago, has attracted scientists from different disciplines to study, understand, and manipulate their properties by changing size, shape, composition, charge, and environment [1–136]. More than 200 000 papers have appeared in this field with about 10 000 papers appearing per year over the past decade. Clusters now bridge disciplines, and their role in the design and synthesis of novel materials with tailored properties is the subject of this book.


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