Evolution of thiolate-stabilized Ag nanoclusters from Ag-thiolate cluster intermediates

Yitao Cao; Jiahao Guo; Run Shi; Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse; Jinheng Pan; Zhenxia Du; Qiaofeng Yao; Li-Zhu Wu; Chen-Ho Tung; Jianping Xie; Tierui Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04837-x

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Evolution of thiolate-stabilized Ag nanoclusters from Ag-thiolate cluster intermediates

Yitao Cao,
Jiahao Guo,
Run Shi,
Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse,
Jinheng Pan,
Zhenxia Du,
Qiaofeng Yao,
Li-Zhu Wu,
Chen-Ho Tung,
Jianping Xie,
Tierui Zhang

Affiliations

Yitao Cao: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jiahao Guo: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Run Shi: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Geoffrey I. N. Waterhouse: School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland
Jinheng Pan: College of Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmentally Harmful Chemical Analysis, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Zhenxia Du: College of Science, Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmentally Harmful Chemical Analysis, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Qiaofeng Yao: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Li-Zhu Wu: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chen-Ho Tung: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianping Xie: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Tierui Zhang: Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04837-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Gold nanoclusters are known to grow stepwise from gold-thiolate monomers and oligomers. Here, the authors find that the evolution of silver nanoclusters differs completely from that of gold: rather than following a bottom-up pathway, the clusters evolve from similarly-sized Ag-thiolate cluster intermediates.

Published in Nature Communications

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