Solvent-mediated precipitating synthesis and optical properties of polyhydrido Cu₁₃ nanoclusters with four vertex-sharing tetrahedrons.

ABSTRACT: Structurally defined metal nanoclusters facilitate mechanism studies and promote functional applications. However, precisely constructing copper nanoclusters remains a long-standing challenge in nanoscience. Developing new efficient synthetic strategies for Cu nanoclusters is highly desirable. Here, we propose a solvent-mediated precipitating synthesis (SMPS) to prepare Cu₁₃H₁₀(SR)₃(PPh₃)₇ nanoclusters (H-SR = 2-chloro-4-fluorobenzenethiol). The obtained Cu₁₃ nanoclusters are high purity and high yield (39.5%, based on Cu atom), proving the superiority of the SMPS method. The Cu₁₃ nanoclusters were comprehensively studied via a series of characterizations. Single crystal X-ray crystallography shows that the

SUBMITTER: Lin X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9890966 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature