Clusters are considered to become increasingly significant for elaborating the nanocrystal’s formation mechanism. However, capturing the clusters with high chemical potential is challenging because of the lack of effective strategies. In this work, the key role of ligand–solvent interaction has been revealed for the stabilization of clusters in silver telluride synthesis. The Flory interaction coefficient that comprehensively regards the temperature and dispersion, polarity, and hydrogen bonding of the solvent has been used to evaluate the ligand–solvent interaction and thus assist in the design of synthetic systems. Small silver telluride clusters have been successfully captured, and the composition of the smallest cluster is determined as Ag7Te8(SCy)2 (SCy represents the ligand). This work provides new insights into the design of cluster/nanocrystal synthesis systems and paves the way to revealing the mechanism of precursor–cluster–nanocrystal conversion.
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14 August 2023
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August 08 2023
Capture of small clusters by ligand–solvent interaction
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Ming-Yu Zhang
;
Ming-Yu Zhang
(Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Response, Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University
, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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An-An Liu
;
An-An Liu
(Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
1
State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Response, Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University
, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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Luyang Jiao
;
Luyang Jiao
(Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
2
State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, College of Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University
, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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Shuhan Zhang
;
Shuhan Zhang
(Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft)
1
State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Response, Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University
, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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Lin-Han Jiang
;
Lin-Han Jiang
(Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft)
1
State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Response, Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University
, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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Xianglei Kong
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Xianglei Kong
a)
(Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing)
2
State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, College of Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nankai University
, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
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Dai-Wen Pang
Dai-Wen Pang
a)
(Supervision, Writing – review & editing)
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State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Frontiers Science Center for Cell Response, Engineering Research Center of Thin Film Optoelectronics Technology, Ministry of Education, Nankai University
, 94 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China
a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: kongxianglei@nankai.edu.cn and dwpang@whu.edu.cn
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a)Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed: kongxianglei@nankai.edu.cn and dwpang@whu.edu.cn
J. Chem. Phys. 159, 064301 (2023)
Article history
Received:
April 19 2023
Accepted:
July 20 2023
Citation
Ming-Yu Zhang, An-An Liu, Luyang Jiao, Shuhan Zhang, Lin-Han Jiang, Xianglei Kong, Dai-Wen Pang; Capture of small clusters by ligand–solvent interaction. J. Chem. Phys. 14 August 2023; 159 (6): 064301. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0155373
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