Nature Communications (May 2021)

Revealing the etching process of water-soluble Au25 nanoclusters at the molecular level

  • Yitao Cao,
  • Tongyu Liu,
  • Tiankai Chen,
  • Bihan Zhang,
  • De-en Jiang,
  • Jianping Xie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23568-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Etching is one of the key considerations in the synthesis, storage, and application of metal nanoparticles. Here, the authors study the etching of water-soluble thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters at a molecular level and reveal an unusual recombination process in the oxidative reaction environment.