Ligand engineering for well-defined gold nanoclusters(Au NCs) is getting more extensive attention. Organizing the Au-ligand interfaces on gold NCs can achieve the structural and functional control. This review focuses...Ligand engineering for well-defined gold nanoclusters(Au NCs) is getting more extensive attention. Organizing the Au-ligand interfaces on gold NCs can achieve the structural and functional control. This review focuses on the Au-ligand interfaces including gold-phosphorus(Au-P), gold-sulfur(Au-S), gold-selenium(Au-Se), gold-carbon(Au-C), and gold-nitrogen(Au-N), derived from the bonding between Au atoms and the different ligands(e.g., organic phosphine, thiolate, selenolate, alkynyl,n-heterocyclic carbene and nitrogenous ligands). The formation mechanism of Au-ligand interfaces is well discussed. In addition, the effects of Au-ligand interfaces on the stability, optical property, and catalysis are also presented. We hope the advances in this research area can boost the development of Au NC sciences.展开更多
基金supported by the Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation of China(BK20230329)the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China(22KJB150026)+1 种基金the Foundation of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(21802070 and 2217816)the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFE0122600)。
文摘Ligand engineering for well-defined gold nanoclusters(Au NCs) is getting more extensive attention. Organizing the Au-ligand interfaces on gold NCs can achieve the structural and functional control. This review focuses on the Au-ligand interfaces including gold-phosphorus(Au-P), gold-sulfur(Au-S), gold-selenium(Au-Se), gold-carbon(Au-C), and gold-nitrogen(Au-N), derived from the bonding between Au atoms and the different ligands(e.g., organic phosphine, thiolate, selenolate, alkynyl,n-heterocyclic carbene and nitrogenous ligands). The formation mechanism of Au-ligand interfaces is well discussed. In addition, the effects of Au-ligand interfaces on the stability, optical property, and catalysis are also presented. We hope the advances in this research area can boost the development of Au NC sciences.