Issue 19, 2021

Structural determination of a metastable Ag27 nanocluster and its transformations into Ag8 and Ag29 nanoclusters

Abstract

Research on nanocluster transformation has generally focused on stable nanoclusters, while analysis of the structural evolutions of metastable nanoclusters just began to receive attention recently. Herein, we report the structural determination of a metastable Ag27H11(SPhMe2)12(DPPM)6 nanocluster and its spontaneous transformation into a size-reduction Ag8(SPhMe2)8(DPPM)1 nanocluster as well as ligand-exchange-triggered transformation into a size-growth Ag29(SSR)12(DPPM)4 nanocluster. The new structure of Ag27 and its structural transformations hopefully provide some implication to the in-depth understanding of metastable nanoclusters.

Graphical abstract: Structural determination of a metastable Ag27 nanocluster and its transformations into Ag8 and Ag29 nanoclusters

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
03 6 2021
Accepted
02 8 2021
First published
03 8 2021

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2021,8, 4407-4414

Structural determination of a metastable Ag27 nanocluster and its transformations into Ag8 and Ag29 nanoclusters

C. Zhu, T. Duan, H. Li, X. Wei, X. Kang, Y. Pei and M. Zhu, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2021, 8, 4407 DOI: 10.1039/D1QI00684C

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