Surface environment complication makes Ag₂₉ nanoclusters more robust and leads to their unique packing in the supracrystal lattice.

ABSTRACT: Silver nanoclusters have received unprecedented attention in cluster science owing to their promising functionalities and intriguing physical/chemical properties. However, essential instability significantly impedes their extensive applications. We herein propose a strategy termed "surface environment complication" to endow Ag₂₉ nanoclusters with high robustness. The Ag₂₉(S-Adm)₁₈(PPh₃)₄ nanocluster with monodentate PPh₃ ligands was extremely unstable and uncrystallizable. By substituting PPh₃ with bidentate PPh₂py with dual coordination sites (i.e., P and N), the Ag₂₉ cluster framework was twisted because of the generation of N-Ag interactions, and three NO₃ ligands were fu

SUBMITTER: Xu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8809389 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature