Issue 1, 2023

Synthesis of a nanoscale Cu(ii)31-oxo-carboxylate cluster, and effect of Cu–oxo cluster size on visible-light absorption

Abstract

Cu16–Cu31 Cu(II)-oxo-carboxylate clusters are reported, including those with condensed 1.5 nm Cu–O cores supported exclusively by O-donor ligands. A size–colour correlation is observed due to a red-shift of the charge transfer absorption band on increasing size; hence these clusters sit between small molecules and (black) CuO nanostructures.

Graphical abstract: Synthesis of a nanoscale Cu(ii)31-oxo-carboxylate cluster, and effect of Cu–oxo cluster size on visible-light absorption

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 10 2022
Accepted
24 11 2022
First published
24 11 2022
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 59-62

Synthesis of a nanoscale Cu(II)31-oxo-carboxylate cluster, and effect of Cu–oxo cluster size on visible-light absorption

T. J. Barnes, J. Payne and S. D. Pike, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 59 DOI: 10.1039/D2CC05478G

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