Identification of a Highly Luminescent Au(SG) Nanocluster.

The luminescence property of thiolated gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) is thought to involve the Au(I)-thiolate motifs on the NC surface; however, this hypothesis remains largely unexplored because of the lack of precise molecular composition and structural information of highly luminescent Au NCs. Here...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 136; no. 4; pp. 1246 - 1250
Autores principales: Yong Yu, Zhentao Luo, Chevrier, Daniel M., Tai Leong, David, Peng Zhang, De-en Jiang, Jianping Xie
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Publicado: American Chemical Society 1/29/2014
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          Yong Yu
          Zhentao Luo
          Chevrier, Daniel M.
          Tai Leong, David
          Peng Zhang
          De-en Jiang
          Jianping Xie
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          Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119260
          Department of Chemistry and Institute for Research in Materials, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada
          Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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        Microclusters
        Luminescence
        Thiolates
        Gold nanoparticles
        Clustering of particles
        Density functional theory
        X-ray absorption near edge structure
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          Microclusters
          Luminescence
          Thiolates
          Gold nanoparticles
          Clustering of particles
          Density functional theory
          X-ray absorption near edge structure
      ab: The luminescence property of thiolated gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) is thought to involve the Au(I)-thiolate motifs on the NC surface; however, this hypothesis remains largely unexplored because of the lack of precise molecular composition and structural information of highly luminescent Au NCs. Here we report a new red-emitting thiolated Au NC, which has a precise molecular formula of Au(SR) and exhibits intense luminescence. Interestingly, this new Au(SR) species shows distinctively different absorption and emission features from the previously reported Au(SR), Au(SR), and Au(SR). In stark contrast, Au(SR) luminesces intensely at ~665 nm with a high quantum yield of ~8%, while the other three Au NCs show very weak luminescence. Our results indicate that the luminescence of Au(SR) originates from the long Au(I)-thiolate motifs on the NC surface via the aggregation-induced emission pathway. Structure prediction by density functional theory suggests that Au(SR) has two RS-[Au-SR] and two RS-[Au-SR] motifs, interlocked and capping on a prolate Au core. This predicted structure is further verified experimentally by Au L-edge X-ray absorption fine structure analysis.
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