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A Simple Method for the Size Controlled Synthesis of Stable Oligomeric Clusters of Gold Nanoparticles under Ambient Conditions
Published on: February 5, 2016
Gold nanocluster confined within a cage: template-directed formation of a hexaporphyrin cage and its confinement
Tomohiko Inomata1, Katsuaki Konishi
1PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Division of Material Science, Graduate School of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, North 10 West 5, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan.
Abstract:
A novel container complex in which a 1.4 nm gold cluster is confined within a hexaporphyrin cage was synthesized; the cage showed notable confinement capability for the cluster core, but allowed the interpenetration of small molecules into the interstitial space.

