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Magic clusters are better together

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Hybrid materials constructed from the assembly of inorganic building blocks and organic linkers have shown unique properties and applications. Superstructures of semiconductor magic-sized nanoclusters linked by diamines now join this class of materials.

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Fig. 1: Formation and characterization of superstructures of semiconductor magic-sized clusters.

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