{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(1)"],"submitter":["Wang Z"],"pubmed_abstract":["The structural transformations of metal nanoclusters are typically quite complex processes involving the formation and breakage of several bonds, and thus are challenging to study. Herein, we report a case where two lacunary Keggin polyoxometallate templated silver single-pods [PW<sub>9</sub>O<sub>34</sub>@Ag<sub>51</sub>] (SD/Ag51b) fuse to a double-pod [(PW<sub>9</sub>O<sub>34</sub>)<sub>2</sub>@Ag<sub>72</sub>] by reacting with 4,4'-bipyridine (bipy) or 1,4-bis(4-pyridinylmethyl)piperazine (pi-bipy). Their crystal structures reveal the formation of a 2D 4<sup>4</sup>-sql layer (SD/Ag72a) with bipy and a 3D pcu framework (SD/Ag72c) with pi-bipy. The PW<sub>9</sub>O<sub>34</sub><sup>9-</sup> retains its structure during the cluster fusion and cluster-based network formation. Although the two processes, stripping of an Ag-ligands interface followed by fusion, and polymerization, are difficult to envisage, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry provides enough evidences for such a proposal to be made. Through this example, we expect the structural transformation to become a powerful method for synthesizing silver nanoclusters and their infinite networks, and to evolve from trial-and-error to rational."],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["1802"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8979969"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Nuclearity enlargement from [PW<sub>9</sub>O<sub>34</sub>@Ag<sub>51</sub>] to [(PW<sub>9</sub>O<sub>34</sub>)<sub>2</sub>@Ag<sub>72</sub>] and 2D and 3D network formation driven by bipyridines."],"pmcid":["PMC8979969"],"pubmed_authors":["Dou JM","Tung CH","Zhuang GL","Sun D","Zhu YJ","Li YZ","Gao ZY","Song KP","Wang Z","Kurmoo M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Nuclearity enlargement from [PW<sub>9</sub>O<sub>34</sub>@Ag<sub>51</sub>] to [(PW<sub>9</sub>O<sub>34</sub>)<sub>2</sub>@Ag<sub>72</sub>] and 2D and 3D network formation driven by bipyridines.","description":"The structural transformations of metal nanoclusters are typically quite complex processes involving the formation and breakage of several bonds, and thus are challenging to study. Herein, we report a case where two lacunary Keggin polyoxometallate templated silver single-pods [PW<sub>9</sub>O<sub>34</sub>@Ag<sub>51</sub>] (SD/Ag51b) fuse to a double-pod [(PW<sub>9</sub>O<sub>34</sub>)<sub>2</sub>@Ag<sub>72</sub>] by reacting with 4,4'-bipyridine (bipy) or 1,4-bis(4-pyridinylmethyl)piperazine (pi-bipy). Their crystal structures reveal the formation of a 2D 4<sup>4</sup>-sql layer (SD/Ag72a) with bipy and a 3D pcu framework (SD/Ag72c) with pi-bipy. The PW<sub>9</sub>O<sub>34</sub><sup>9-</sup> retains its structure during the cluster fusion and cluster-based network formation. Although the two processes, stripping of an Ag-ligands interface followed by fusion, and polymerization, are difficult to envisage, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry provides enough evidences for such a proposal to be made. Through this example, we expect the structural transformation to become a powerful method for synthesizing silver nanoclusters and their infinite networks, and to evolve from trial-and-error to rational.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Apr","modification":"2024-10-16T02:32:32.539Z","creation":"2024-10-16T02:32:32.539Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8979969","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35379821"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-022-29370-w"]}}