Electronic and Vibrational Signatures of the Au102(p-MBA)44 Cluster

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• 作者：Eero Hulkko ; Olga Lopez-Acevedo ; Jaakko Koivisto ; Yael Levi-Kalisman ; Roger D. Kornberg ; Mika Pettersson ; Hannu H盲kkinen
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：March 23, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：133
• 期：11
• 页码：3752-3755
• 全文大小：728K
• 年卷期：v.133,no.11(March 23, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5126

文摘

Optical absorption of a gold nanocluster of 102 Au atoms protected by 44 para-mercaptobenzoic acid (p-MBA) ligands is measured in the range of 0.05鈭?.2 eV (mid-IR to UV) by a combination of several techniques for purified samples in solid and solution phases. The results are compared to calculations for a model cluster Au₁₀₂(SMe)₄₄ based on the time-dependent density functional theory in the linear-response regime and using the known structure of Au₁₀₂(p-MBA)₄₄. The measured and calculated molar absorption coefficients in the NIR鈭抳is region are comparable, within a factor of 2, in the absolute scale. Several characteristic features are observed in the absorption in the range of 1.5鈭?.5 eV. The onset of the electronic transitions in the mid-IR region is experimentally observed at 0.45 卤 0.05 eV which compares well with the lowest calculated transition at 0.55 eV. Vibrations in the ligand layer give rise to fingerprint IR features below the onset of low-energy metal-to-metal electronic transitions. Partial exchange of the p-MBA ligand to glutathione does not affect the onset of the electronic transitions, which indicates that the metal core of the cluster is not affected by the ligand exchange. The full spectroscopic characterization of the Au₁₀₂(p-MBA)₄₄ reported here for the first time gives benchmarks for further studies of manipulation and functionalization of this nanocluster to various applications.