New stable isomorphous Ag34 and Ag33Au nanoclusters with an open shell electronic structure-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

New stable isomorphous Ag34 and Ag33Au nanoclusters with an open shell electronic structure

Published:2018 Issue:45 Volume:10 Page:21013-21018
ISSN:2040-3364
Container-title:Nanoscale
language:en
Short-container-title:Nanoscale

Author:

Xi Xiao-Juan¹²³⁴,Yang Jin-Sen¹²³⁴,Wang Jia-Yin¹²³⁴,Dong Xi-Yan¹²³⁴⁵,Zang Shuang-Quan¹²³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering

2. Zhengzhou University

3. Zhengzhou 450001

4. China

5. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Abstract

A novel stable 3-electron nanocluster Ag₃₄ was assembled for the first time by the oxidation of a thiol, the central Ag atom of which was replaced with a Au atom, forming another alloyed nanocluster Ag₃₃Au, causing a change in the optical absorbance and electrochemical energy gap.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Zhengzhou University

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Materials Science

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2018/NR/C8NR07714B

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