Nanoclusters
Clusters and crystals at the nanometer scale offer unique electrical, optical, and magnetic properties that are related to their quantum size effect. A nanocluster could contain several tens to thousands of atoms or molecules, and the formation of well-ordered and uniform size metal or semiconductor nanoclusters has been visualized by scanning tunneling microscopy. Source:
Nanoclusters and Nanocrystals. American Scientific Publishers, 2003
Nanocluster - non covalently or covalently bound group of atoms or molecules whose largest overall dimension is in the nanoscale.Source:
BSI. PAS 136:2007. Terminology for nanomaterials
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