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Atomically precise gold nanoclusters at the molecular-to-metallic transition with intrinsic chirality from surface layers

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  • Li-Juan Liu

    (The University of Hong Kong)

  • Fahri Alkan

    (Abdullah Gül University)

  • Shengli Zhuang

    (The University of Hong Kong
    The University of Hong Kong)

  • Dongyi Liu

    (The University of Hong Kong)

  • Tehseen Nawaz

    (The University of Hong Kong)

  • Jun Guo

    (The University of Hong Kong)

  • Xiaozhou Luo

    (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jian He

    (The University of Hong Kong
    The University of Hong Kong)

Abstract

The advances in determining the total structure of atomically precise metal nanoclusters have prompted extensive exploration into the origins of chirality in nanoscale systems. While chirality is generally transferrable from the surface layer to the metal–ligand interface and kernel, we present here an alternative type of gold nanoclusters (138 gold core atoms with 48 2,4-dimethylbenzenethiolate surface ligands) whose inner structures are not asymmetrically induced by chiral patterns of the outermost aromatic substituents. This phenomenon can be explained by the highly dynamic behaviors of aromatic rings in the thiolates assembled via π − π stacking and C − H···π interactions. In addition to being a thiolate-protected nanocluster with uncoordinated surface gold atoms, the reported Au138 motif expands the size range of gold nanoclusters having both molecular and metallic properties. Our current work introduces an important class of nanoclusters with intrinsic chirality from surface layers rather than inner structures and will aid in elucidating the transition of gold nanoclusters from their molecular to metallic states.

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  • Li-Juan Liu & Fahri Alkan & Shengli Zhuang & Dongyi Liu & Tehseen Nawaz & Jun Guo & Xiaozhou Luo & Jian He, 2023. "Atomically precise gold nanoclusters at the molecular-to-metallic transition with intrinsic chirality from surface layers," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-12, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-38179-0
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38179-0
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