A family of lead clusters with precious metal cores

Cong-Cong Shu; Harry W. T. Morgan; Lei Qiao; John E. McGrady; Zhong-Ming Sun

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17187-4

Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

A family of lead clusters with precious metal cores

Cong-Cong Shu,
Harry W. T. Morgan,
Lei Qiao,
John E. McGrady,
Zhong-Ming Sun

Affiliations

Cong-Cong Shu: Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University
Harry W. T. Morgan: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Lei Qiao: Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University
John E. McGrady: Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford
Zhong-Ming Sun: Tianjin Key Lab for Rare Earth Materials and Applications, State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nankai University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17187-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Many Zintl ions with a single endohedrally encapsulated transition metal ion are known, but relatively few where clusters of two or more metals are present. Here, the authors report the synthesis and characterization of two clusters, [Au8Pb33]6− and [Au12Pb44]12−, which contain Au8 and Au12 cores surrounded by Pb shells.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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