Structure of Au(SR) and Its Implication for the Origin of the Nucleus in Thiolated Gold Nanoclusters.

Au(SR) is the smallest stable thiolated gold nanocluster experimentally identified so far, and its elusive structure may hold the key to the origin of the nucleus in the formation of thiolated gold nanoclusters. By an extensive exploration of possible isomers by density functional theory, we arrive...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 135; no. 24; pp. 8786 - 8790
Autores principales: De-en Jiang, Overbury, Steven H., Sheng Dai
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Chemical Society 6/19/2013
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          Overbury, Steven H.
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          Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
          Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37966, United States
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        Thiolates
        Gold nanoparticles
        Isomers
        Nucleation
        Polymers
        Density functional theory
        Light absorption
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          Thiolates
          Gold nanoparticles
          Isomers
          Nucleation
          Polymers
          Density functional theory
          Light absorption
      ab: Au(SR) is the smallest stable thiolated gold nanocluster experimentally identified so far, and its elusive structure may hold the key to the origin of the nucleus in the formation of thiolated gold nanoclusters. By an extensive exploration of possible isomers by density functional theory, we arrive at a novel structure for Au(SR) with high stability and whose optical absorption characteristics match those of the experiment. Different from the previous structures and the prevailing working hypothesis about the construction of thiolated gold nanoclusters, the Au(SR) model features a cyclic [Au(I)-SR] pentamer interlocked with one staple trimer motif protecting the tetrahedral Au nucleus, together with another trimer motif. This structure suggests that Au(SR) is a transitional composition from an [Au(I)-SR]x polymer such as Au(SR) to larger Au(SR) (n > m) clusters that have only the staple motifs and that the nucleation process starts from the Au core.
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