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The fourth crystallographic closest packing unveiled in the gold nanocluster crystal

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  • Zibao Gan

    (Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jishi Chen

    (Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Juan Wang

    (Key Laboratory of Ion Beam Bioengineering, Institute of Technical Biology and Agriculture Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Chengming Wang

    (Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China)

  • Man-Bo Li

    (Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Chuanhao Yao

    (Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Shengli Zhuang

    (Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • An Xu

    (Key Laboratory of Ion Beam Bioengineering, Institute of Technical Biology and Agriculture Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Lingling Li

    (Instrumental Analysis Center, Shanghai Jiaotong University)

  • Zhikun Wu

    (Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Metal nanoclusters have recently attracted extensive interest not only for fundamental scientific research, but also for practical applications. For fundamental scientific research, it is of major importance to explore the internal structure and crystallographic arrangement. Herein, we synthesize a gold nanocluster whose composition is determined to be Au60S6(SCH2Ph)36 by using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and single crystal X-ray crystallography (SCXC). SCXC also reveals that Au60S6(SCH2Ph)36 consists of a fcc-like Au20 kernel protected by a pair of giant Au20S3(SCH2Ph)18 staple motifs, which contain 6 tetrahedral-coordinate μ4-S atoms not previously reported in the Au–S interface. Importantly, the fourth crystallographic closest-packed pattern, termed 6H left-handed helical (6HLH) arrangement, which results in the distinct loss of solid photoluminescence of amorphous Au60S6(SCH2Ph)36, is found in the crystals of Au60S6(SCH2Ph)36. The solvent-polarity-dependent solution photoluminescence is also demonstrated. Overall, this work provides important insights about the structure, Au–S bonding and solid photoluminescence of gold nanoclusters.

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  • Zibao Gan & Jishi Chen & Juan Wang & Chengming Wang & Man-Bo Li & Chuanhao Yao & Shengli Zhuang & An Xu & Lingling Li & Zhikun Wu, 2017. "The fourth crystallographic closest packing unveiled in the gold nanocluster crystal," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-6, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14739
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14739
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    1. Nan Xia & Jianpei Xing & Di Peng & Shiyu Ji & Jun Zha & Nan Yan & Yan Su & Xue Jiang & Zhi Zeng & Jijun Zhao & Zhikun Wu, 2022. "Assembly-induced spin transfer and distance-dependent spin coupling in atomically precise AgCu nanoclusters," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, December.

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