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Anionic passivation layer-assisted trapping of an icosahedral Ag13 kernel in a truncated tetrahedral Ag89 nanocluster

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Isolating reductive silver kernel from shell is a challenging task but is quite important to understand the embryonic form during the formation of silver nanoclusters. The intercalation of suitable anionic species may be of benefit for passivating then capturing such highly active kernel. Herein, we successfully isolated a novel silver thiolate nanocluster [Ag13@Ag76S16(CyhS)42(p-NH2-PhAsO3)4]3+ (SD/Ag89a, CyhSH = cyclohexanethiol) that contains a well-isolated icosahedral Ag13 kernel passivated by four AgS47− tetrahedra and four p-NH2PhAsO32− piercing from outer Ag72 shell. Of note, this Ag13 kernel is the largest isolable subvalent silver kernel beneath the silver shell with extremely legible core-shell boundary ever before and represents a precise embryonic model formed in the reducing Ag(I) to Ag(0) followed by aggregating to large silver nanoparticles. The reductive role of DMF and the introduction of anionic passivation layer (APL) synergistically modulate the reduction kinetics, facilitating the capture of ultrasmall subvalent silver kernel. SD/Ag89a emits in near infrared (NIR) region (λem = 800 nm) at low temperature. The synthetic strategy shown in this work opens up new opportunities for precisely capturing and recognizing diverse reductive silver kernels in different systems.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91961105, 21822107, 21827801), the Fok Ying Tong Education Foundation (171009), the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (ZR2019ZD45, JQ201803, ZR2020ZD35), the Taishan Scholar Project of Shandong Province of China (tsqn201812003, ts20190908), the Qilu Youth Scholar Funding of Shandong University, Project for Scientific Research Innovation Team of Young Scholar in Colleges and Universities of Shandong Province (2019KJC028).

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  1. Key Lab of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China

    Yan-Min Su, Bao-Qian Ji, Zhi Wang, Shan-Shan Zhang, Lei Feng, Chen-Ho Tung & Di Sun

  2. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Henan Province for Green Manufacturing of Fine Chemicals, Key Laboratory of Green Chemical Media and Reactions, Ministry of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China

    Zhi-Yong Gao

  3. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chemical Energy Storage and Novel Cell Technology, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, 252000, China

    Yun-Wu Li

  4. State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Department of Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China

    Lan-Sun Zheng

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Su, YM., Ji, BQ., Wang, Z. et al. Anionic passivation layer-assisted trapping of an icosahedral Ag13 kernel in a truncated tetrahedral Ag89 nanocluster. Sci. China Chem. 64, 1482–1486 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-021-1025-8

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