Journal Article10.1021/ACS.ACCOUNTS.8B00065
Toward Total Synthesis of Thiolate-Protected Metal Nanoclusters
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TL;DR: Advances in total synthesis chemistry of metal NCs could not only serve as guidelines for future synthetic practice of NCs, but also provide molecular-level clues for many pending fundamental puzzles in nanochemistry, including nucleation growth, alloying chemistry, surface engineering and evolution of metamaterials.
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Abstract: ConspectusTotal synthesis, where desired organic- and/or biomolecules could be produced from simple precursors at atomic precision and with known step-by-step reactions, has prompted centuries-lasting bloom of organic chemistry since its conceptualization in 1828 (Wohler synthesis of urea). Such expressive science is also highly desirable in nanoscience, since it represents a decisive step toward atom-by-atom customization of nanomaterials for basic and applied research. Although total synthesis chemistry is less established in nanoscience, recent years have witnessed seminal advances and increasing research efforts devoted into this field. In this Account, we discuss recent progress on introducing and developing total synthesis routes and mechanisms for atomically precise metal nanoclusters (NCs). Due to their molecular-like formula and properties (e.g., HOMO–LUMO transition, strong luminescence and stereochemical activity), atomically precise metal NCs could be regarded as “molecular metals”, holding po...
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