Gold Nanocatalysis (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Gold Nanocatalysis

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Structures of a gold cluster (depicted by yellow spheres) containing 20 atoms, adsorbed on a magnesium oxide bed ( magnesium in green and oxygen in red) which is itself supported on top of a molybdenum substrate (blue spheres). The excess electronic charge at the interface is depicted in pink and the charge depletion is shown in light blue.

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Uzi Landman/Georgia Tech

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