Issue 35, 2012

Octahedrality versus tetrahedrality in stoichiometric ceria nanoparticles

Abstract

We predict that tetrahedral CenO2n nanoparticles <2 nm in size become more stable than those experimentally observed at larger sizes with truncated octahedral morphologies, based on global optimisation and density functional calculations.

Graphical abstract: Octahedrality versus tetrahedrality in stoichiometric ceria nanoparticles

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Dec 2011
Accepted
07 Mar 2012
First published
07 Mar 2012

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 4199-4201

Octahedrality versus tetrahedrality in stoichiometric ceria nanoparticles

A. Migani, K. M. Neyman and S. T. Bromley, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4199 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC18046D

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