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In-situ generation and global property profiling of metal nanoclusters by ultraviolet laser dissociation-mass spectrometry

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Metal nanoclusters are promising nanomaterials with unique properties, but only a few ones with specific numbers of metal atoms can be obtained and studied up to now. In this study, we establish a new paradigm of in-situ generation and global study of metal nanoclusters with different sizes, constitutions, and charge states, including both accurate constitution characterization and global activity profiling. The complex mixtures of metal nanoclusters are produced by employing single-pulsed 193-nm laser dissociation of monolayer-protected cluster (MPC) precursors within a high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). More than 400 types of bare gold nanoclusters including novel multiply charged (2+ and 3+), S-/P-doped, and silver alloy ones can be efficiently generated and accurately characterized. A distinct size (1 to 142 atoms)- and charge (1+ to 3+)-hierarchy reactivity is clearly observed for the first time. This global cluster study might greatly promote the developments and applications of novel metal nanoclusters.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32088101, 21872145 and 22172167), the Original Innovation Project of CAS (ZDBS-LY-SLH032), Chinese National Innovation Foundation (18-163-14-ZT-002-001-02) and the grant from DICP (DICP I202007). The authors acknowledge the technological support from the Dalian Coherent Light Source.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Zheyi Liu, Zhipeng Wang, Xiaolei Wang, Chunlei Xiao & Xueming Yang

  2. CAS Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Zheyi Liu, Can Lai, Zhipeng Wang, Xiaolei Wang & Fangjun Wang

  3. State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Zhaoxian Qin & Gao Li

  4. State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Chaonan Cui & Zhixun Luo

  5. Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Bing Yang

  6. National Institute of Metrology, Beijing, 100013, China

    You Jiang & Xiang Fang

  7. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Zhaoxian Qin, Zhixun Luo, Can Lai & Fangjun Wang

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In-situ Generation and Global Property Profiling of Metal nanoclusters by Ultraviolet Laser Dissociation-Mass Spectrometry

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Liu, Z., Qin, Z., Cui, C. et al. In-situ generation and global property profiling of metal nanoclusters by ultraviolet laser dissociation-mass spectrometry. Sci. China Chem. 65, 1196–1203 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11426-022-1267-5

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