Reversible conversion between phosphine protected Au6 and Au8 nanoclusters under oxidative/reductive conditions

Xiujuan Yang; Xinzhang Lin; Chao Liu; Ren'an Wu; Jinghui Yan; Jiahui Huang

doi:10.1039/C6NR09524K

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Reversible conversion between phosphine protected Au₆ and Au₈ nanoclusters under oxidative/reductive conditions†

Xiujuan Yang,^ab Xinzhang Lin,^b Chao Liu,^b Ren'an Wu,^c Jinghui Yan*^a and Jiahui Huang

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^a School of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin, China
E-mail: yjh@cust.edu.cn

^b Gold Catalysis Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
E-mail: jiahuihuang@dicp.ac.cn

^c Novel Technology for High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China

Abstract

In this study, we found that phosphine protected [Au₆(dppp)₄]²⁺ and [Au₈(dppp)₄Cl₂]²⁺ nanoclusters could be reversibly converted under oxidative/reductive conditions. This work not only provides new insights into the relationship between the [Au₆(dppp)₄]²⁺ and [Au₈(dppp)₄Cl₂]²⁺ nanoclusters, but also offers a novel method for controlling structural evolution of different Au nanoclusters.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6NR09524K
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 09 Dec 2016
Accepted: 17 Jan 2017
First published: 18 Jan 2017

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Nanoscale, 2017,9, 2424-2427

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Reversible conversion between phosphine protected Au₆ and Au₈ nanoclusters under oxidative/reductive conditions

X. Yang, X. Lin, C. Liu, R. Wu, J. Yan and J. Huang, Nanoscale, 2017, 9, 2424 DOI: 10.1039/C6NR09524K

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