Solvent-mediated assembly of atom-precise gold–silver nanoclusters to semiconducting one-dimensional materials

Peng Yuan; Ruihua Zhang; Elli Selenius; Pengpeng Ruan; Yangrong Yao; Yang Zhou; Sami Malola; Hannu Häkkinen; Boon K. Teo; Yang Cao; Nanfeng Zheng

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16062-6

Nature Communications (May 2020)

Solvent-mediated assembly of atom-precise gold–silver nanoclusters to semiconducting one-dimensional materials

Peng Yuan,
Ruihua Zhang,
Elli Selenius,
Pengpeng Ruan,
Yangrong Yao,
Yang Zhou,
Sami Malola,
Hannu Häkkinen,
Boon K. Teo,
Yang Cao,
Nanfeng Zheng

Affiliations

Peng Yuan: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Ruihua Zhang: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Elli Selenius: Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä
Pengpeng Ruan: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Yangrong Yao: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Yang Zhou: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Sami Malola: Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä
Hannu Häkkinen: Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä
Boon K. Teo: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Yang Cao: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
Nanfeng Zheng: State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemistry for Energy Materials, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Preparation Technology of Nanomaterials, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16062-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Bottom-up design of functional device components based on nanometer-sized building blocks relies on accurate control of their self-assembly behavior. Here, the authors demonstrate a solvent-mediated polymerization of atom-precise gold–silver nanoclusters into macroscopic single crystals with highly anisotropic p-type semiconducting characteristics.

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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