Alkanethiolate Gold Cluster Molecules with Core Diameters from 1.5 to 5.2 nm: Core and Monolayer Properties as a Function of Core Size
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Abstract
The mean size of the gold (Au) core in the synthesis of dodecanethiolate-stabilized Au cluster compounds can be finely adjusted by choice of the Au:dodecanethiolate ratio and the temperature and rate at which the reduction is conducted. The Au clusters have been examined with a large number of independent analytical tools, producing a remarkably consistent picture of these materials. Average cluster and core dimensions, as ascertained by 1H NMR line broadening, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering, and thermogravimetric analysis, vary between diameters of 1.5 and 5.2 nm (∼110−4800 Au atoms/core). The electronic properties of the Au core were examined by UV/vis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; the core appears to remain largely metallic in nature even at the smallest core sizes examined. The alkanethiolate monolayer stabilizing the Au core ranges with core size from ∼53 to nearly 520 ligands/core, and was probed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, contact-angle measurements, and thermal desorption mass spectrometry. The dodecanethiolate monolayer on small and large core clusters exhibits discernable differences; the line dividing “3-dimensional” monolayers and those resembling self-assembled monolayers on flat Au (2-dimensional monolayers) occurs at clusters with ∼4.4 nm core diameters.
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