Supervalence Bonding in Bi-icosahedral Cores of [M<sub>1</sub>Au<sub>37</sub>(SC<sub>2</sub>H<sub>4</sub>Ph)<sub>24</sub>]<sup>−</sup> (M = Pd and Pt): Fusion-Mediated Synthesis and Anion Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Emi Ito, Shun Ito, Shinjiro Takano, Toshikazu Nakamura, Tatsuya Tsukuda
Abstract
observed two distinctive peaks as predicted by the SVB model: one from the nearly degenerate 1Π* orbitals and the other from the nearly degenarate 1Π and 2Σ orbitals.
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Icosahedral symmetryCrystallographyMaterials sciencePhysicsChemistryAnalytical Chemistry (journal)ChromatographyNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsOrganometallic Complex Synthesis and CatalysisQuasicrystal Structures and Properties