Understanding the decomposition process of the Pt1Ag24(SPhCl2)18 nanocluster at the atomic level

Kefan Jiang; Along Ma; Yuansheng Li; Jiawei Wang; Zhengmao Yin; Shuxin Wang

doi:10.1039/d4ra01274g

Understanding the decomposition process of the Pt₁Ag₂₄(SPhCl₂)₁₈ nanocluster at the atomic level

RSC Adv. 2024 Apr 2;14(15):10574-10579. doi: 10.1039/d4ra01274g. eCollection 2024 Mar 26.

Authors

Kefan Jiang¹, Along Ma^{1

2}, Yuansheng Li¹, Jiawei Wang¹, Zhengmao Yin¹, Shuxin Wang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 P. R. China shuxin_wang@qust.edu.cn yzm198752@163.com.
² Key Laboratory of Optic-Electric Sensing and Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, MOE, Shandong Key Laboratory of Biochemical Analysis, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 China.

Abstract

We report the decomposition of the Pt₁Ag₂₄(SPhCl₂)₁₈ nanocluster into a crown-like Pt₁Ag₄(SR)₈ (SR = 2,4-SPhCl₂ and 4-SPhBr) complex. UV-vis spectra and single crystal X-ray diffraction were used to track the structure-conversion process. Based on the total structure, the differences in ligand exchange rates at different sites and the effects on the stability were mapped out. This work can not only help us understand the ligand exchange behavior of the clusters, but also provide experimental support for the design of stable metal clusters.