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Synthesis of Near-Infrared Emitting Gold Nanoclusters for Biological Applications
Published on: March 22, 2020
Synthesis and electrospray mass spectrometry determination of thiolate-protected Au55(SR)31 nanoclusters
1Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
Abstract:
Since the pioneering work of Schmid et al. on phosphine-capped Au(55) clusters, the search for thiolated Au(55) has long been of major interest. This work reports the synthesis and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) evidence of Au(55)(SCH(2)CH(2)Ph)(31) clusters.

