
#1921Chemistry & Material ScienceFront Page15 January 2026
Atomic Russian Dolls: Solving the 40-Year Riddle of **Gold Nanoclusters**
Since 1981, the precise structure of 'Schmid gold' has eluded scientists due to its inherent instability. By utilising fluorine chemistry, researchers have finally stabilised and mapped an Au75 cluster, revealing a complex shell-by-shell configuration.
By Pan, Malola, Zhao, Huang, Pohjolainen, Matus, Zhou, Kang, Häkkinen, Zhu
