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Electronic Structure

Hannu Häkkinen

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MetalchemistryChemical physicsvisual_artSuperatomvisual_art.visual_art_mediumchemistry.chemical_elementNanotechnologyElectronic structureQuantumCopperMetal clusters

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Abstract This chapter discusses the origin of fermionic shell structure in confined quantum systems, its application to metal clusters and clusters that are stabilized by an organic ligand layer (the so-called monolayer-protected clusters, MPCs). It reviews briefly the so-called superatom concept which has become central in the MPC field in recent years. It also contains a rather extensive table listing most of the structurally known MPCs, where the metal core is of gold, silver, copper, aluminum, or other main-group elements.

https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-100086-1.00008-7