Aggregation-Induced Emission (AIE) in Ag-Au Bimetallic Nanocluster

作者:Jin, Shan; Liu, Wei; Hu, Daqiao; Zou, Xuejuan; Kang, Xi; Du, Wenjun; Chen, Shuang; Wei, Shiqiang; Wang, Shuxin*; Zhu, Manzhou*
来源:Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018, 24(15): 3712-3715.
DOI:10.1002/chem.201800189

摘要

Herein we report the synthesis and structure determination of a non-fluorescent Au4Ag5(dppm)(2)(SAdm)(6)-(BPh4) (dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)methane and HSAdm = 1-adamantane mercaptan) nanocluster in methanol with extremely strong AIE when aggregating to the solid state (i.e., film or crystal). This phenomenon was rarely reported in structural determined noble metal nanoclusters. The extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) measurement ruled out the hypothesis that the luminescence originated from the structure change in different states. Besides, the crystal structure (determined by X-ray diffraction) revealed that the tightly combined left- and right-handed enantiomers induced the strong restriction of intramolecular motions (RIM), which may have an impact on aggregation-induced emission.