Issue 14, 2012

One-pot synthesis and characterization of subnanometre-size benzotriazolate protected copper clusters

Abstract

A simple one-pot method for the preparation of subnanometre-size benzotriazolate (BTA) protected copper clusters, CunBTAm, is reported. The clusters were analyzed by optical and infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and transmission electron microscopy together with computational methods. We suggest a structural motif where the copper core of the CunBTAm clusters is protected by BTA–Cu(I)–BTA units.

Graphical abstract: One-pot synthesis and characterization of subnanometre-size benzotriazolate protected copper clusters

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Feb 2012
Accepted
29 Mar 2012
First published
02 Apr 2012

Nanoscale, 2012,4, 4095-4098

One-pot synthesis and characterization of subnanometre-size benzotriazolate protected copper clusters

K. Salorinne, X. Chen, R. W. Troff, M. Nissinen and H. Häkkinen, Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 4095 DOI: 10.1039/C2NR30444A

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