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Step by step towards the complete shell: Formation of a metal cluster from the atomic constituents to the compound. Credit: Dehnen Group, Philipps-Universität Marburg

First the nucleus, then the shell: Researchers from Marburg and Karlsruhe have studied stepwise formation of metal clusters, smallest fractions of metals in molecular form. The shell gradually forms around the inner atom rather than by later inclusion of the central atom. Knowledge of all development steps may allow for customized optoelectronic and magnetic properties.

To specifically synthesize chemical compounds, mechanisms responsible for their formation have to be known. “Purely inorganic compounds are a black box in this respect,” Florian Weigend of KIT and Stefanie Dehnen of Philipps-Universität Marburg explain...