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Nick Van Steerteghem

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Symmetry breaking in ligand-protected gold clusters probed by nonlinear optics

2016

The first hyperpolarizabilities of [Au25(SR)18](-1/0) and Au38(SR)24 clusters were determined by Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering. A strong dependence on the molecular symmetry was observed, and we explore two strategies to destroy the center of inversion in [Au25(SR)18](-1/0), protection by chiral ligands and alloying of the cluster with silver. This may open new avenues to applications of Au : SR clusters in second-order nonlinear optics.

ta114Condensed matter physicsligandsChemistryScatteringLigandnonlinear opticsNonlinear optics02 engineering and technology010402 general chemistry021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologygold clusters01 natural sciencesMolecular physics0104 chemical sciencesmolecular symmetryMolecular symmetryCluster (physics)General Materials ScienceSymmetry breaking0210 nano-technologyta116Nanoscale
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