Reconstructing the Surface of Gold Nanoclusters by Cadmium Doping

Atomically precise metal nanoclusters with tailored surface structures are important for both fundamental studies and practical applications. The development of new methods for tailoring the surface structure in a controllable manner has long been sought. In this work, we report surface reconstruction induced by cadmium doping into the [Au23(SR)16]− (R = cyclohexyl) nanocluster, in which two neighboring surface Au atomic sites “coalesce” into...