Atomically precise copper dopants in metal clusters boost up stability, fluorescence, and photocatalytic activity
Copper doping of atomically precise gold nanoclusters is a useful strategy to tune their chemical and physical properties, but Au–Cu nanocluster alloys tend to exhibit poor stability. Here, a [Au12Cu13(Ph3P)10I7](SbF6)2 cluster is prepared and shown to display enhanced stability and fluorescence in...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-02-01
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| Series: | Communications Chemistry |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42004-023-00817-5 |
| Summary: | Copper doping of atomically precise gold nanoclusters is a useful strategy to tune their chemical and physical properties, but Au–Cu nanocluster alloys tend to exhibit poor stability. Here, a [Au12Cu13(Ph3P)10I7](SbF6)2 cluster is prepared and shown to display enhanced stability and fluorescence in comparison to homonuclear cluster [Au25(PPh3)10Br7](SbF6)2, in addition to promising photocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation. |
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| ISSN: | 2399-3669 |