Issue 2, 2020

The mechanism of metal exchange in non-metallic nanoclusters

Abstract

We substituted gold atoms in fcc structured Au28 and Au36 nanoclusters with a Ag(I)SR complex and obtained AgxAu28−x and AgxAu36−x nanoclusters, respectively. The positive electrostatic potential (ESP) and dual descriptor (Δf) values were calculated for the metal cores of both nanoclusters, which indicated that the metal exchange is an electrophilic reaction.

Graphical abstract: The mechanism of metal exchange in non-metallic nanoclusters

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Article type
Communication
Submitted
28 Nov 2019
Accepted
14 Jan 2020
First published
14 Jan 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Nanoscale Adv., 2020,2, 664-668

The mechanism of metal exchange in non-metallic nanoclusters

S. Wang, L. Xiong, G. Sun, L. Tang, J. Zhang, Y. Pei and M. Zhu, Nanoscale Adv., 2020, 2, 664 DOI: 10.1039/C9NA00746F

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