Glutathione-protected gold nanocluster decorated cadmium sulfide with enhanced photostability and photocatalytic activity.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.06.055
Abstract: A Novel glutathione-protected gold nanocluster (Aux-GSH NC) decorated CdS photocatalyst was prepared using a chemical self-assembly method. After the photocatalyst was decorated with Aux-GSH NCs, the photocatalytic activity and photostability of CdS were remarkably enhanced.… read more here.
Keywords: photocatalytic activity; gsh ncs; aux gsh; protected gold ... See more keywords
Determining and Controlling Cu-Substitution Sites in Thiolate-Protected Gold-Based 25-Atom Alloy Nanoclusters
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c06858
Abstract: Alloying has been studied actively for thiolate (SR)-protected metal nanoclusters (NCs) because heteroatom mixing enables the creation of novel electronic structures, physical/chemical properties, ... read more here.
Keywords: determining controlling; sites thiolate; substitution sites; thiolate protected ... See more keywords
Theoretical Investigation of Electron and Nuclear Dynamics in the [Au25(SH)18]−1 Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanocluster
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b09731
Abstract: Clear mechanistic insights into excited state dynamics in thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters are vital for understanding the origin of the photocatalytic enhancement via metal nanoparticles in the visible region. Extensive experimental studies on the [Au25(SR)18]−1 thiolate-protected… read more here.
Keywords: state; protected gold; au25 thiolate; gold nanocluster ... See more keywords
Synthesis, Structural and Photophysical Properties of Pentacene Alkanethiolate Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoclusters and Nanorods: Supramolecular Intercalation and Photoinduced Electron Transfer with C60
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b01164
Abstract: 6,13-Bis(triisopropylsilylethynyl)-pentacene (TIPS-pentacene: TP) alkanethiolate monolayer-protected gold nanoclusters (TP-Cn-X-MPCs: X stands for small (S) and large (L) nanocluter sizes) and nanorods (TP-Cn-MPRs) with different alkyl chain lengths (n = 7, 11) were synthesized to examine the… read more here.
Keywords: pentacene alkanethiolate; gold nanoclusters; monolayer protected; alkanethiolate monolayer ... See more keywords
Spotting Local Environments in Self-Assembled Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles
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DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c08467
Abstract: Organic–inorganic (O–I) nanomaterials are versatile platforms for an incredible high number of applications, ranging from heterogeneous catalysis to molecular sensing, cell targeting, imaging, and cancer diagnosis and therapy, just to name a few. Much of… read more here.
Keywords: assembled monolayer; gold nanoparticles; local environments; self assembled ... See more keywords
Electrocrystallization of Monolayer-Protected Gold Clusters: Opening the Door to Quality, Quantity, and New Structures.
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DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b00568
Abstract: Thiolate-protected metal clusters are materials of ever-growing importance in fundamental and applied research. Knowledge of their single-crystal X-ray structures has been instrumental to enable advanced molecular understanding of their intriguing properties. So far, however, a… read more here.
Keywords: quality; monolayer protected; single crystals; quantity ... See more keywords
[Au18(dppm)6Cl4]4+: a phosphine-protected gold nanocluster with rich charge states.
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DOI: 10.1039/c9dt00042a
Abstract: A diphosphine-protected 18-gold-atom nanocluster was isolated via a facile reduction of an AuI precursor by NaBH4. Its composition was identified as {[Au18(dppm)6Cl4]·C6H6·3Cl·PF6} (SD/Au18, SD = SunDi; dppm = bis-(diphenylphosphino)methane) by X-ray single crystal structural analysis.… read more here.
Keywords: dppm 6cl4; au18 dppm; protected gold; nanocluster ... See more keywords
Isomerism effects in relaxation dynamics of Au24(SR)16 thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters
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DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aca80d
Abstract: Understanding the excited state behavior of isomeric structures of thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters is still a challenging task. In this paper, based on grand unified model and ring model for describing thiolate-protected gold nanoclusters, we have… read more here.
Keywords: protected gold; gold nanoclusters; thiolate protected; relaxation dynamics ... See more keywords