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ArticleACS applied nano materials2025

ZnO Nanostars Decorated with Mass-Selected Au Clusters for Photoluminescence.

Gisella Di Mari, Giacometta Mineo, Henry Hoddinott, Vincenzina Strano, Claudio Lentini Campallegio, Bernat Mundet, Sara Martì Sanchez, Giorgia Franzò, Jordi Arbiol, Bernd Von Issendorff and 5 more

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Article in ACS applied nano materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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15 authors.

Gisella Di MariDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Ettore Majorana", Università di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, Catania 95123, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1513-9684
Giacometta MineoDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Ettore Majorana", Università di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, Catania 95123, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6713-8811
Henry HoddinottNanomaterials Lab, Mechanical Engineering, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, U.K.
Vincenzina StranoIMM-CNR, Sede Catania Università, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2053-4141
Claudio Lentini CampallegioDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Ettore Majorana", Università di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, Catania 95123, Italy.
Bernat MundetCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona 08193, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0608-2070
Sara Martì SanchezCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona 08193, Spain.
Giorgia FranzòIMM-CNR, Sede Catania Università, Via S. Sofia 64, 95123 Catania, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3630-0315
Jordi ArbiolCatalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), CSIC and BIST, Campus UAB, Barcelona 08193, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0695-1726
Bernd Von IssendorffDepartment of Physics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg im Breisgau 79098, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4358-4494
Georg HeldDiamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0726-4183
Richard PalmerNanomaterials Lab, Mechanical Engineering, Swansea University, Bay Campus, Fabian Way, Swansea SA1 8EN, U.K.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8728-8083
Elena BrunoDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Ettore Majorana", Università di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, Catania 95123, Italy.
Salvo MirabellaDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Ettore Majorana", Università di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, Catania 95123, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9559-4862
Maria Chiara SpadaroDipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Ettore Majorana", Università di Catania, via S. Sofia 64, Catania 95123, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6540-0377

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hybrid nanostructures combining semiconductor materials and noble metal clusters of atoms (nanoparticles) are of high interest in the energy sector and catalysis, with the idea of tuning the physicochemical properties of the system toward the desired performance. The design of this type of complex system requires the appropriate selection of the material combination to optimize the desired properties. However, less attention has been devoted to the effect of cluster size. In this work, we investigate the size and density effects for mass-selected monometallic Au clusters decorating ZnO-based nanostars. The Au clusters were prepared with narrow control of their size, in terms of atoms per cluster, via cluster deposition in a vacuum and mass selection with a cluster beam source. We study the coupling of ZnO nanostars with deposited Au

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chemical bath depositionphotoluminescenceRutherford backscattering spectrometrySchottky junctionsize-selected clusterstransmission electron microscopyZnO nanostructures

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