EXAFS Model of 2-Dimensional Platinum Clusters

Exafs Spectroscopy of Supported Osmium Clusters

Exafs Studies of Oxide Supported Osmium Carbonyl Clusters

The reactions of triosmium carbonyl clusters on functionalised high surface area silicas have been monitored by 0s L(II1) edge EXAFS. Interaction of [OS~(CO)~~] with HS(CH2)jSIL affords HOS~(CO)~~[S(CH~)~SIL], which was structurally characterised using spherical wave methods to analyse the EXAFS data. Subsequent thermolysis in vacuo yields a new material. Coordination to " ~ 2 CO groups, 0 oxyg...

EXAFS determination of the size of Co clusters on silica.

The metallic Co catalyst for the Fischer-Tropsch reaction is prepared by reduction of Co salts impregnating microporous silica. The average size of the metallic Co clusters is determined from the average number of neighbours deduced from Co K-edge EXAFS of catalyst samples. A model EXAFS signal constructed from the scattering paths of Co metal fcc lattice with lengths up to 5 A is calibrated on...

Unusual Bonding in Platinum Carbido Clusters.

Vibrational spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations are used to determine the structures of small gas-phase platinum carbido clusters PtnC(+), n = 3-5. The carbon atom is found to prefer three-coordinate binding sites near the center of the cluster, in contrast to most previously investigated adatoms on transition metal clusters. The Pt3C unit is particularly stable, and binding...

Cell-targeted platinum nanoparticles and nanoparticle clusters.

Herein, we report the facile preparation of cell-targeted platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs), through the design of peptides that, as a single molecule added in small concentration during the synthesis, control the size of PtNP clusters during their growth, stabilise the PtNPs in aqueous suspension and enable the functionalisation of the PtNPs with a versatile range of cell-targeting ligands. Water...