Issue 19, 2018

Small size yet big action: a simple sulfate anion templated a discrete 78-nuclearity silver sulfur nanocluster with a multishell structure

Abstract

A discrete 78-nucleus silver–sulfur nanocluster with a sulfate-centered multishell structure was isolated and characterized. Its crystal structure revealed 18 and 60 Ag atoms in the inner and outer shell, respectively. The inner shell of 18-nuclearity Ag atoms is a very rare convex polyhedron featuring an elongated triangular orthobicupola. The incorporation of a sulfate anion and multishell arrangement in the nanocluster led to a dramatic decrease in the band gap (Eg = 1.40 eV). Our study showed that simple anions can also induce the formation of high-nuclearity silver clusters with excellent optical properties.

Graphical abstract: Small size yet big action: a simple sulfate anion templated a discrete 78-nuclearity silver sulfur nanocluster with a multishell structure

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Jan 2018
Accepted
05 Feb 2018
First published
07 Feb 2018

Chem. Commun., 2018,54, 2361-2364

Small size yet big action: a simple sulfate anion templated a discrete 78-nuclearity silver sulfur nanocluster with a multishell structure

L. Cheng, Z. Wang, Q. Wu, H. Su, T. Peng, G. Luo, Y. Li, D. Sun and L. Zheng, Chem. Commun., 2018, 54, 2361 DOI: 10.1039/C8CC00014J

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