Isolation of the Au145(SR)60X compound (R = n-butyl, n-pentyl; X = Br, Cl): novel gold nanoclusters that exhibit properties subtly distinct from the ubiquitous icosahedral Au144(SR)60 compound-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Isolation of the Au145(SR)60X compound (R = n-butyl, n-pentyl; X = Br, Cl): novel gold nanoclusters that exhibit properties subtly distinct from the ubiquitous icosahedral Au144(SR)60 compound

Published:2021 Issue:36 Volume:13 Page:15394-15402
ISSN:2040-3364
Container-title:Nanoscale
language:en
Short-container-title:Nanoscale

Author:

Dainese Tiziano¹^ORCID,Antonello Sabrina¹^ORCID,Bonacchi Sara¹^ORCID,Morales-Martinez Daniel¹^ORCID,Venzo Alfonso²^ORCID,Black David M.³^ORCID,Mozammel Hoque M.⁴^ORCID,Whetten Robert L.⁴^ORCID,Maran Flavio¹⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry, University of Padova, Via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy

2. CNR-ICMATE, National Research Council, via Marzolo 1, 35131 Padova, Italy

3. Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA

4. Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, and Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications, Northern Arizona University, 1899 S San Francisco St, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA

5. Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 55 North Eagleville Road, Storrs, 06269 Connecticut, USA

Abstract

We isolated and characterized the thiolate-protected Au145 nanocluster. Au145 exhibits a behavior similar to that of Au144, but for its much more intense luminescence.

Funder

Università degli Studi di Padova

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo

Northern Arizona University

Welch Foundation

Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/NR/D1NR04745K