title: Formation and characterization of thioglycolic acid-silver cluster complexes.
abstract: Gas phase reactivity observed in an ion trap was used to produce silver clusters protected with thioglycolic acid. Fragmentation pathways as well as optical properties were explored experimentally and theoretically. Sequential losses of SCH2 and CO2 in the ion trap lead to redox reactions with charge transfers between the metal part and the carboxylate and thiolate groups. This allows us to control the number of electrons in the metallic subunit and thus optical properties of the complexes. The presented formation process can be used as a prototype for tuning optical and chemical properties of ligated metal clusters by varying the number of confined electrons within the metallic subunit.
authors.affiliation: Institut Lumière Matière, UMR5306 Université Lyon 1-CNRS, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bellina
authors.forename: Rodolphe
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Antoine
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Broyer
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gell
authors.forename: Željka
authors.initials: Ž
authors.lastname: Sanader
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mitrić
authors.forename: Vlasta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bonačić-Koutecký
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dugourd
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008958:Models, Molecular; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013864:Thioglycolates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005740:Gases; D018030:Silver Compounds; D013864:Thioglycolates; C017487:2-mercaptoacetate