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Homoleptic Silver-Rich Trimetallic M20 Nanocluster
Wei-Jung Yen1, Jian-Hong Liao1, Tzu-Hao Chiu1
1Department of Chemistry, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 974301, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Abstract:
Two silver-rich M20 alloy nanoclusters (NCs), [Cu3.5Ag16.5{S2P(OPr)2}12] (1) and [Cu2.5AuAg16.5{S2P(OPr)2}12] (2), were synthesized and fully characterized by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallography. Cluster 2, the first structurally characterized trimetallic M20 NC, was produced by doping one Au atom into a bimetallic M20 NC. Structural analyses showed the preferred positions of Group 11 metals in the yielded M20 NCs. Their antioxidation ability has been investigated, and the time-dependent UV-vis spectrum shows that the presence of CuI atoms in structures 1 and 2 can improve the antioxidant ability.
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