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Nature Materials 5, 44–47 (1 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/nmat1533

Oxidation of magnesia-supported Pd-clusters leads to the ultimate limit of epitaxy with a catalytic function

Bernd Huber , Pekka Koskinen , Hannu H|[auml]|kkinen & Michael Moseler

Oxide-supported transition-metal clusters and nanoparticles have attracted significant attention owing to their important role as components of model catalysts, sensors, solar cells and magnetic recording devices. For small clusters, functionality and structure are closely interrelated.