Gold nanoclusters reveal magnetic spin's potential role in catalytic efficiency
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Gold nanoclusters reveal magnetic spin's potential role in catalytic efficiency

Recently, a team of researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) consecutively removed the innermost atom and the outermost electron of a gold nanoparticle—without disturbing its overall structure. This precise manipulation allowed them to probe how the magnetic spin of the material influences its catalytic activity.