Understanding a ligand's effects on intra-cluster and inter-cluster assembly

Ligands play an essential role in cluster assembly; however, understanding this behavior at the atomic level is far off. In this work, Cd 12 Ag 32 (S-PhOMe) 36 (PPh) 4 @Cd 6 Ag 2 (S-PhOMe) 6 Cl 6 (PPh 3 ) 8 @Ag 6 (S-PhOMe) 6 Cl 2 (Abbrev. Cd 12 Ag 32 -1 ) and Cd 12 Ag 32 (S- c -C 6 H 11 ) 36 (Abbrev...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nanoscale 2022-06, Vol.14 (24), p.8842-8848
Main Authors: Tang, Li, Yin, Zhengmao, Wang, Ru, Wang, Bin, Jiang, Kefan, Ding, Mei, Wang, Shuxin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Assembly
Clusters
Crystal structure
Ligands
Nanoclusters
Phosphines
Selective adsorption
Single crystals
Superlattices
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Ligands play an essential role in cluster assembly; however, understanding this behavior at the atomic level is far off. In this work, Cd 12 Ag 32 (S-PhOMe) 36 (PPh) 4 @Cd 6 Ag 2 (S-PhOMe) 6 Cl 6 (PPh 3 ) 8 @Ag 6 (S-PhOMe) 6 Cl 2 (Abbrev. Cd 12 Ag 32 -1 ) and Cd 12 Ag 32 (S- c -C 6 H 11 ) 36 (Abbrev. Cd 12 Ag 32 -2 ) were synthesized and structurally determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. An important finding is the selective adsorption of phosphine ligands that is caused by the different types of thiol ligands. In addition, Cd 12 Ag 32 -1 follows a unique stacking pattern in a superlattice with multiple inter-cluster channels. Overall, this study is helpful for an in-depth understanding of the effect of mixed ligands on nanocluster formation and the correlation between structure and properties in the nanocluster range. Ligands play an essential role in cluster assembly; however, understanding this behavior at the atomic level is far off.
ISSN:2040-3364
2040-3372
DOI:10.1039/d2nr01765b