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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
A stepwise bulk-to-cluster-to-particle transformation toward the efficient synthesis of alkynyl-protected silver
Hui Guo1, Xin He2, Chong-Qing Wan3
1Beijing Key Laboratory for Optical Materials and Photonic Devices, Department of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China. wancq@cnu.edu.cn and Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China. zhaolchem@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
Abstract:
We report herein the efficient synthesis of alkynyl-protected silver nanoclusters in terms of macrocycle-assisted bulk-to-cluster-to-nanoparticle transformation. Different substituted phenylacetylide ligands are applied to stabilize the silver nanoclusters by metal-carbon bonds and meanwhile determine the size of silver nanoclusters.

