title: Slow-Reduction Synthesis of a Thiolate-Protected One-Dimensional Gold Cluster Showing an Intense Near-Infrared Absorption.
abstract: Slow reduction of Au ions in the presence of 4-(2-mercaptoethyl)benzoic acid (4-MEBA) gave Au76(4-MEBA)44 clusters that exhibited a strong (3 × 10(5) M(-1) cm(-1)) near-infrared absorption band at 1340 nm. Powder X-ray diffraction studies indicated that the Au core has a one-dimensional fcc structure that is elongated along the {100} direction.
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinjiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takano
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.|‡Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysis and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamazoe
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.|‡Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysis and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: Kiichirou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koyasu
authors.affiliation: †Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.|‡Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysis and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto 615-8520, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsukuda