TY - JOUR
T1 - Assembly of Atomically Precise Silver Nanoclusters into Nanocluster-Based Frameworks
AU - Alhilaly, Mohammad J.
AU - Huang, Ren Wu
AU - Naphade, Rounak
AU - Alamer, Badriah
AU - Hedhili, Mohamed Nejib
AU - Emwas, Abdul Hamid
AU - Maity, Partha
AU - Yin, Jun
AU - Shkurenko, Aleksander
AU - Mohammed, Omar F.
AU - Eddaoudi, Mohamed
AU - Bakr, Osman M.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors sincerely thank the following people for their help and dedication at various stages of this project: Ayalew Assen, Karim Adil, and Osama Shekhah. The financial support for this work was provided by KAUST.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2019/6/19
Y1 - 2019/6/19
N2 - Here, we demonstrate an approach to synthesizing and structurally characterizing three atomically precise anion-templated silver thiolate nanoclusters, two of which form one- and two-dimensional structural frameworks composed of bipyridine-linked nanocluster nodes (referred to as nanocluster-based frameworks, NCFs). We describe the critical role of the chloride (Cl-) template in controlling the nanocluster's nuclearity with atomic precision and the effect of a single Ag atom difference in the nanocluster's size in controlling the NCF dimensionality, modulating the optical properties, and improving the thermal stability. With atomically precise assembly and size control, nanoclusters could be widely adopted as building blocks for the construction of tunable cluster-based framework materials.
AB - Here, we demonstrate an approach to synthesizing and structurally characterizing three atomically precise anion-templated silver thiolate nanoclusters, two of which form one- and two-dimensional structural frameworks composed of bipyridine-linked nanocluster nodes (referred to as nanocluster-based frameworks, NCFs). We describe the critical role of the chloride (Cl-) template in controlling the nanocluster's nuclearity with atomic precision and the effect of a single Ag atom difference in the nanocluster's size in controlling the NCF dimensionality, modulating the optical properties, and improving the thermal stability. With atomically precise assembly and size control, nanoclusters could be widely adopted as building blocks for the construction of tunable cluster-based framework materials.
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U2 - 10.1021/jacs.9b02486
DO - 10.1021/jacs.9b02486
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31135146
AN - SCOPUS:85067353513
VL - 141
SP - 9585
EP - 9592
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
SN - 0002-7863
IS - 24
ER -