Cover Feature: In Search of Structure’ Links Across Length Scales: Crossover Among Structural Motifs, Energetics, and Magic Systems in Subnanometer Transition Metals Clusters (Small Struct. 1/2026)
Transition Metals Clusters The cover art symbolizes the evolutionary link from nanoscale metal clusters to bulk metals. The arrangement of transition metal elements, radiating from the "atomic components" vessel, illustrates their structural pathway. This visual analogy encapsulates the main goal of the Research Article (10.1002/sstr.202500345) by Ernesto Garcia-Alfonso, Alessandro Fortunelli, and co-workers: identifying both evolutionaary motifs and exception outliers connecting the quantum characteristics of subnanometer clusters to the behavior of macroscopic materials.
Authors
- Alessandro Fortunelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5337-4450)
- Thantip Roongcharoen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8058-3351)
- Piotr S. Żuchowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9267-3090)
- Ernesto Garcia‐Alfonso
Institutions
- Nicolaus Copernicus University (PL)
- Institute of Physics (AZ)
- Institute for the Chemistry of OrganoMetallic Compounds (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Small Structures
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/sstr.70238
- Primary Topic
- Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00