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Growth Pattern and Size-Dependent Properties of Lead Chalcogenide Nanoclusters

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In this chapter we review the structural evolution of lead-chalcogenide (PbX) n (X = S, Se, and Te; n = 1–32) nanoclusters and how various properties of these clusters change with increasing cluster size. We first give an overview of different experimental techniques that are used to synthesize or generate lead sulfide clusters. The growth mechanism and size-dependent electronic structure and stabilities of these clusters obtained from density functional theory (DFT) based computational studies are also discussed in detail. The importance of the synergy between computational study and experiments is demonstrated by focusing on lead sulfide clusters.

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The authors acknowledge all students and collaborators who contributed to our original papers on the lead-sulfide nanoclusters: Pratik Koirala, Rameshu Rallabandi, Xiang Li, Xin Tang, Yi Wang, Gerd Gantefoer, and Kit H. Bowen. The authors (AFG, WHS, and AKK) are thankful to West Chester University, College of Arts and Sciences for supporting part of this work.

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    Ann F. Gill, William H. Sawyer, Kamron Salavitabar & Anil K. Kandalam

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Gill, A.F., Sawyer, W.H., Salavitabar, K., Kiran, B., Kandalam, A.K. (2017). Growth Pattern and Size-Dependent Properties of Lead Chalcogenide Nanoclusters. In: Nguyen, M., Kiran, B. (eds) Clusters. Challenges and Advances in Computational Chemistry and Physics, vol 23. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48918-6_9

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