Hierarchy of bond stiffnesses within icosahedral-based gold clusters protected by thiolates

Seiji Yamazoe; Shinjiro Takano; Wataru Kurashige; Toshihiko Yokoyama; Kiyofumi Nitta; Yuichi Negishi; Tatsuya Tsukuda

doi:10.1038/ncomms10414

Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Hierarchy of bond stiffnesses within icosahedral-based gold clusters protected by thiolates

Seiji Yamazoe,
Shinjiro Takano,
Wataru Kurashige,
Toshihiko Yokoyama,
Kiyofumi Nitta,
Yuichi Negishi,
Tatsuya Tsukuda

Affiliations

Seiji Yamazoe: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Shinjiro Takano: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Wataru Kurashige: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
Toshihiko Yokoyama: Department of Materials Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji
Kiyofumi Nitta: Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute
Yuichi Negishi: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science
Tatsuya Tsukuda: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10414
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The hierarchy of bond stiffness may contribute to the thermal properties of metal clusters. Here, the authors use X-ray absorption spectroscopy to study the stiffness of the gold–gold and gold–sulfur bonds in a series of thiolate-protected, icosahedral-based gold clusters.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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