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Camouflaging Structural Diversity: Co-crystallization of Two Different Nanoparticles Having Different Cores But the Same Shell
Mohammad Bodiuzzaman, Atanu Ghosh, Korath Shivan Sugi, Abhijit Nag, Esma Khatun, Babu Varghese, Ganesan Paramasivam, Sudhadevi Antharjanam, Ganapati Natarajan,
Published in Wiley-VCH Verlag
2019
PMID: 30411444
Volume: 58
   
Issue: 1
Pages: 189 - 194
Abstract
Two ligand-protected nanoscale silver moieties, [Ag46(SPhMe2)24(PPh3)8](NO3)2 and [Ag40(SPhMe2)24(PPh3)8](NO3)2 (abbreviated as Ag46 and Ag40, respectively) with almost the same shell but different cores were synthesized simultaneously. As their external structures are identical, the clusters were not distinguishable and become co-crystallized. The occupancy of each cluster was 50 %. The outer shell of both is composed of Ag32S24P8, which is reminiscent of fullerenes, and it encapsulates a well-studied core, Ag14 and a completely new core, Ag8, which correspond to a face-centered cube and a simple cube, respectively, resulting in the Ag46 and Ag40 clusters. The presence of two entities (Ag40 and Ag46 clusters) in a single crystal and their molecular formulae were confirmed by detailed electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The optical spectrum of the mixture showed unique features which were in good agreement with the results from time-dependent density functional theory (TD-DFT). © 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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JournalData powered by TypesetAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
PublisherData powered by TypesetWiley-VCH Verlag
ISSN14337851
Open AccessNo
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    CO-CRYSTALLIZATIONS
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    Structural diversity
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    Density functional theory