title: A Bis(Diphosphanyl N-Heterocyclic Carbene) Gold Complex: A Synthon for Luminescent Rigid AuAg2 Arrays and Au5 and Cu6 Double Arrays.
abstract: A mononuclear bis(NHC)/Au(I) (NHC=N-heterocyclic carbene) cationic complex with a rigid bis(phosphane)-functionalized NHC ligand (PC(NHC)P) was used to construct linear Au3 and Ag2 Au arrays, a Au5 cluster with two intersecting crosslike Au3 arrays, and an unprecedented Cu6 complex with two parallel Cu3 arrays. The impact of metallophilic interactions on photoluminescence was studied experimentally.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Institut de Chimie (UMR 7177 CNRS), Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67081, Strasbourg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Pengfei
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ai
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie et des Biomatériaux Supramoléculaires, Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (I.S.I.S.), Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mauro
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie et des Biomatériaux Supramoléculaires, Institut de Science et d'Ingénierie Supramoléculaires (I.S.I.S.), Université de Strasbourg, 8 allée Gaspard Monge, 67000, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Cola
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Institut de Chimie (UMR 7177 CNRS), Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67081, Strasbourg Cedex, France. danopoulos@unistra.fr.|Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS), Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67081, Strasbourg Cedex, France. danopoulos@unistra.fr.
authors.forename: Andreas A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Danopoulos
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Institut de Chimie (UMR 7177 CNRS), Université de Strasbourg, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, 67081, Strasbourg Cedex, France. braunstein@unistra.fr.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4377-604X
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Braunstein
keywords: carbenes; gold; heterometallic complexes; metal-metal interactions; photophysics