Constructing perfect cubic Ag–Cu alloyed nanoclusters through selective elimination of phosphine ligands

Abstract

The aspiration of chemists has always been to design and achieve control over nanoparticle morphology at the atomic level.

Doping effect on a two-electron silver nanocluster

“…In the case of Cu alloying, the Cu atoms tend to position themselves in the shell layer of the core–shell NCs. 30–35 Zhu et al reported bimetallic NCs, Au 36− x Cu x ( m -MBT) 24 ( x = 1–3), 30 Au 38− x Cu x (2,4-DMBT) 24 ( x = 0–6, DMBT = 2,4-dimethylbenzenethiolate), 31 and [Ag 62− x Cu x S 12 (SBu t ) 32 ] 4+ ( x = 10–21). 32 Liu et al reported bimetallic Cu x Ag 20− x {S 2 P(OR) 2 } 12 ( x = 3, 4; R = i Pr, 19 n Pr 33 ).…”