Reversible conversion between phosphine protected Au6and Au8nanoclusters under oxidative/reductive conditions.
In this study, we found that phosphine protected [Au6(dppp)4]2+and [Au8(dppp)4Cl2]2+nanoclusters could be reversibly converted under oxidative/reductive conditions. This work not only provides new insights into the relationship between the [Au6(dppp)4]2+and [Au8(dppp)4Cl2]2+nanoclusters, but also offers a novel method for controlling structural evolution of different Au nanoclusters.
School of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China. yjh@cust.edu.cn and Gold Catalysis Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China. jiahuihuang@dicp.ac.cn.
Xiujuan
X
Yang
Gold Catalysis Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China. jiahuihuang@dicp.ac.cn.
Xinzhang
X
Lin
Gold Catalysis Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China. jiahuihuang@dicp.ac.cn.
Chao
C
Liu
Novel Technology for High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China.
Ren'an
R
Wu
School of Chemistry & Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China. yjh@cust.edu.cn.
Jinghui
J
Yan
Gold Catalysis Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China. jiahuihuang@dicp.ac.cn.
Jiahui
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8522-5430
J
Huang