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14 Creating Genetic Materials of Metal Clusters
Fig. 14.4 The proposal of the thirteen-atom metal clusters for genetic materials
in condensed-phase chemistry and provide templates for the construction process of
new functional materials [153].
14.4 Solid-Supported Metal Clusters
It is of interest in many areas of science to study modification of surfaces so as to
control their chemical and physical properties including microelectronics, catalysis,
optics, and electrochemistry, etc. [16, 31, 156–159]. For that purpose, deposition
of size-controlled nanoclusters have attracted extensive research interest [5, 157,
158, 160–172]. Different approaches have been used as self-organization on suitable substrates, including direct surface reactions, surfactant templating [173], and
chemical/physical deposition/coating methods (e.g., CVD, PLD, etc.) [174–176]. In
addition to the extensive approaches related to nanoclusters, some other attempts have
also been performed to perform the experiments through soft-landing of gas-phase
clusters [177–190].
14 Creating Genetic Materials of Metal Clusters
Fig. 14.4 The proposal of the thirteen-atom metal clusters for genetic materials
in condensed-phase chemistry and provide templates for the construction process of
new functional materials [153].
14.4 Solid-Supported Metal Clusters
It is of interest in many areas of science to study modification of surfaces so as to
control their chemical and physical properties including microelectronics, catalysis,
optics, and electrochemistry, etc. [16, 31, 156–159]. For that purpose, deposition
of size-controlled nanoclusters have attracted extensive research interest [5, 157,
158, 160–172]. Different approaches have been used as self-organization on suitable substrates, including direct surface reactions, surfactant templating [173], and
chemical/physical deposition/coating methods (e.g., CVD, PLD, etc.) [174–176]. In
addition to the extensive approaches related to nanoclusters, some other attempts have
also been performed to perform the experiments through soft-landing of gas-phase
clusters [177–190].