Control of single-ligand chemistry on thiolated Au25 nanoclusters

Yitao Cao; Victor Fung; Qiaofeng Yao; Tiankai Chen; Shuangquan Zang; De-en Jiang; Jianping Xie

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-19327-2

Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Control of single-ligand chemistry on thiolated Au25 nanoclusters

Yitao Cao,
Victor Fung,
Qiaofeng Yao,
Tiankai Chen,
Shuangquan Zang,
De-en Jiang,
Jianping Xie

Affiliations

Yitao Cao: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Victor Fung: Department of Chemistry, University of California
Qiaofeng Yao: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Tiankai Chen: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore
Shuangquan Zang: Green Catalysis Center, and College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University
De-en Jiang: Department of Chemistry, University of California
Jianping Xie: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19327-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Diverse methods have been developed to tailor the number of metal atoms in metal nanoclusters, but controlling the number of surface ligands is rare. Here, the authors realize reversible addition and elimination of a single thiolate ligand on a gold nanocluster.

Published in Nature Communications

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