高等学校化学学报 ›› 2000, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (S1): 189.

• Chemistry in Materials Sciences • 上一篇    下一篇

From Zintl Ions in Polar Salts to Molecular Zintl Clusters in Solution

DONG Zhen-Chao1,2, ZENG Hui-Yi1, CORBETT John D.3, NEJOH Hitoshi2, GUO Guo-Cong1, HUANG Jin-Shun1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China;
    2. National Research Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan;
    3. Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA
  • 出版日期:2000-12-31 发布日期:2000-12-31

From Zintl Ions in Polar Salts to Molecular Zintl Clusters in Solution

DONG Zhen-Chao1,2, ZENG Hui-Yi1, CORBETT John D.3, NEJOH Hitoshi2, GUO Guo-Cong1, HUANG Jin-Shun1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002, China;
    2. National Research Institute for Metals, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan;
    3. Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50010, USA
  • Online:2000-12-31 Published:2000-12-31

摘要:

Atomic-scale clusters are the ultimate nanoscale materials. These small clumps of matter contain from a few to hundreds of atoms, intermediate in size between molecules and solids, and are, in light of quantum effects, widely thought to be able to offer unique and valuable properties to the forthcoming molecular nanotechnology. While physicists prefer to use the "top-down" approach such as molecular beam epitaxy and lithographic techniques to fabricate nanostructures, chemists have the advantage to build up nanoparticles from well-defined small clusters in large amount (the so-called "bottom-up" approach). Examples of using Zintl phases for making nanoclusters, although rare, have been reported recently.

Abstract:

Atomic-scale clusters are the ultimate nanoscale materials. These small clumps of matter contain from a few to hundreds of atoms, intermediate in size between molecules and solids, and are, in light of quantum effects, widely thought to be able to offer unique and valuable properties to the forthcoming molecular nanotechnology. While physicists prefer to use the "top-down" approach such as molecular beam epitaxy and lithographic techniques to fabricate nanostructures, chemists have the advantage to build up nanoparticles from well-defined small clusters in large amount (the so-called "bottom-up" approach). Examples of using Zintl phases for making nanoclusters, although rare, have been reported recently.

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