@article{8f8eb5521a2d4095adda60c160251813,
title = "Sequential growth of iridium cluster anions based on simple cubic packing",
abstract = "Geometric structures of free iridium cluster anions, Irn-, were examined by means of ion mobility mass spectrometry and density functional theory calculation for n = 3-15 with the additional help of photoelectron spectroscopy for n = 4-10. It has been revealed that Irn- clusters with n ≥ 5 favor a square facet and take a cubic motif in contrast to the face-centered cubic structures in the corresponding nanoparticles and bulk. A growth sequence of Irn- for n = 5-15 is proposed: single Ir atoms are sequentially attached to one side of the square plane of Ir4- to form a cubic Ir8-, and are then continuously attached on one of the square facets of Ir8- for n = 9-12 and Ir12- for n = 13-15. This journal is ",
author = "Kiichirou Koyasu and Ryohei Tomihara and Toshiaki Nagata and Wu, {Jenna W.J.} and Motoyoshi Nakano and Keijiro Ohshimo and Fuminori Misaizu and Tatsuya Tsukuda",
note = "Funding Information: This research was financially supported by the Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts & Batteries (ESICB, JPMXP0112101003), Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JP17H01182, JP17K05743), Early-Career Scientists (JP18K14173), Young Scientists (JP17K-14433), and JSPS Research Fellows (JP17J02017) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the Institute for Quantum Chemical Exploration (IQCE), the AMADA FOUNDATION, and Hitachi Metals-Materials Science Foundation. R. T. thanks the Advanced Leading Graduate Course for Photon Science (ALPS) program of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT) of Japan for financial support of the research in Sendai. T. N. is grateful for a Research Fellowship from JSPS. Theoretical calculations were partly performed using the Research Center for Computational Science, Okazaki, Japan. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} the Owner Societies.",
year = "2020",
month = aug,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1039/d0cp03122d",
language = "English",
volume = "22",
pages = "17842--17846",
journal = "Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics",
issn = "1463-9076",
publisher = "Royal Society of Chemistry",
number = "32",
}