Crystal structure of a luminescent thiolated Ag nanocluster with an octahedral Ag6(4+) core

Huayan Yang; Jing Lei; Binghui Wu; Yu Wang; Meng Zhou; Andong Xia; Lansun Zheng; Nanfeng Zheng

doi:10.1039/c2cc37347e

Crystal structure of a luminescent thiolated Ag nanocluster with an octahedral Ag6(4+) core

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Jan 11;49(3):300-2. doi: 10.1039/c2cc37347e. Epub 2012 Nov 26.

Authors

Huayan Yang¹, Jing Lei, Binghui Wu, Yu Wang, Meng Zhou, Andong Xia, Lansun Zheng, Nanfeng Zheng

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces and Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.

PMID: 23183545
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc37347e

Abstract

A yellow luminescent thiolate-protected Ag(14)(SC(6)H(3)F(2))(12)(PPh(3))(8) cluster was synthesized and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The cluster contains an octahedral Ag(6)(4+) unit encapsulated by eight cubically arranged [Ag(+)(SC(6)H(3)F(2)(-))(2)PPh(3)] tetrahedra that share one corner (i.e. SC(6)H(3)F(2)(-)) between them.