Principles of Optical Spectroscopy of Aromatic Alloy Nanomolecules: Au36–xAgx(SPh-tBu)24

• Published in: Journal of physical chemistry. C Vol. 122; no. 8 p.4524-4531; pp. 4524 - 4531
• Main Authors: Theivendran, Shevanuja, Chang, Le, Mukherjee, Aneek, Sementa, Luca, Stener, Mauro, tunelli, Alessandro, Dass, Amala
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.03.2018
• Subjects: absorption; alloys; prediction; silver; spectroscopy

Here, we report the synthesis and experimental and theoretical characterizations of Au₃₆–ₓAgₓ(SPh-tBu)₂₄ alloy nanomolecule to atomic precision. By changing the incoming gold-to-silver metal ratio during the synthesis of crude mixture, up to eight silver atoms can be incorporated into Au₃₆(SPh-tBu)₂...