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Au 130− x Ag x Nanoclusters with Non‐Metallicity: A Drum of Silver‐Rich Sites Enclosed in a Marks‐Decahedral Cage of Gold‐Rich Sites

Journal Article · · Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
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  1. Department of Chemistry Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA 15213 USA
  2. Department of Chemistry University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA 15260 USA
  3. Department of Chemistry Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia B3H 4R2 Canada
  4. Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY 11973 USA
  5. Center for Functional Nanomaterials Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton NY 11973 USA, Present address: Department of Physics Graduate Center City University of New York New York NY 10016 USA, Photonics Initiative Advanced Science Research Center City University of New York New York NY 10031 USA

Abstract

The synthesis and structure of atomically precise Au 130− x Ag x (average x= 98) alloy nanoclusters protected by 55 ligands of 4‐ tert ‐butylbenzenethiolate are reported. This large alloy structure has a decahedral M 54 (M=Au/Ag) core. The Au atoms are localized in the truncated Marks decahedron. In the core, a drum of Ag‐rich sites is found, which is enclosed by a Marks decahedral cage of Au‐rich sites. The surface is exclusively Ag−SR; X‐ray absorption fine structure analysis supports the absence of Au−S bonds. The optical absorption spectrum shows a strong peak at 523 nm, seemingly a plasmon peak, but fs spectroscopic analysis indicates its non‐plasmon nature. The non‐metallicity of the Au 130− x Ag x nanocluster has set up a benchmark to study the transition to metallic state in the size evolution of bimetallic nanoclusters. The localized Au/Ag binary architecture in such a large alloy nanocluster provides atomic‐level insights into the Au−Ag bonds in bimetallic nanoclusters.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1573510
Journal Information:
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition), Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie (International Edition) Journal Issue: 52 Vol. 58; ISSN 1433-7851
Publisher:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Germany
Language:
English

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