Tuning the electronic structure of thiolate-protected 25-atom clusters by co-substitution with metals having different preferential sites.

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Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan. and Photocatalysis International Research Center, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan.

Published: November 2016

Trimetallic AuAgPd and tetrametallic AuAgCuPd clusters were synthesized by the subsequential metal exchange reactions of dodecanethiolate-protected AuPd clusters. EXAFS measurements revealed that Pd, Ag, and Cu dopants preferentially occupy the center and edge sites of the core, and staple sites, respectively. Spectroscopic and theoretical studies demonstrated that the synergistic effects of multiple substitutions on the electronic structures are additive in nature.

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