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Surface ligand engineering on the optical properties of atomically precise AuAg nanoclusters

Xiang Liu, Yifei Zhang*, Zhiwen Li, Gao Li*, Farid Taherkhani*

Chin. J. Struct. Chem., 2023, 42: 100154. DOI: 10.1016/j.cjsc.2023.100154

September 15, 2023

ABSTRACT

In this work, we have prepared a series of rod-shaped Au13Ag12 nanoclusters featured with different aromatic thiolate ligands, which is observed to mediate their luminescence properties. A distinct ligand effect by the functional side groups is found and the [Au13Ag12-(PPh3)10(SPh)5Cl2]2+ nanoclusters gave the highest quantum yield (~50.4%) among these Au13Ag12 nanoclusters. Time-dependent density functional theory shows that maximum UV peaks occur as a single peak for emission and it is observed in a range of 631–669 nm and the -SPh ligand has significant effect on the intensity of UV spectrum. TD-DFT calculations estimate the wave length emission for Au13Ag12:SC6H5, Au13Ag12:SC6H4CO2H and Au13Ag12:SNap in the range of 630–670 nm, which are very close to the experimental wave length for the emission of mentioned nanoclusters. DFT calculation has been performed to get electronic density of ground state for Au13Ag12:SPh, Au13Ag12:SPhCO2H, HAu13Ag12:SC10H7, Au13Ag12:Cl and Au13Ag12 nanoclusters. Based on DFT result, the maximum intensity at lower energy for ground electronic density of state is related to the Au13Ag12:SPh nanoclusters. As a result, Au13Ag12:SPh nanoclusters have significant potential to give the highest quantum yield, which confirms available experimental data. DFT calculation regarding electronic ground state shows that the maximum metallic chemical bond length is related to Au(core)–Ag(core). According to DFT result, the lowest chemical Ag–S and Au(center)–Au(core) lengths are related to the Au13Ag12:SC6H5 nanocluster.

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