Figure 5. Atomistic simulations of an fcc superlattice of gold nanoparticles and their ligand coatings before and after dynamic compression.

These illustrations in each row show nearest-neighbour cluster within the fcc lattice from along [100], [110] and [111] orientations after compression and initial uncompressed state. The clusters are cut along three lattice planes (columns) to show the three-dimensional nature of the resulting structures.