Potential of N-heterocyclic carbene derivatives from Au 13 (dppe) 5 Cl 2 gold superatoms. Evaluation of electronic, optical and chiroptical properties from relativistic …

A Muñoz-Castro - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Atomically precise gold superatoms offer useful templates to evaluate tunable properties via
ligand engineering. Herein, the role of different linked N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) …

Evaluation of N-heterocyclic carbene counterparts of classical gold clusters; bonding properties of octahedral CAu6, icosahedral Au13Cl2, and bi-icosahedral …

D MacLeod Carey, A Muñoz-Castro - The Journal of Physical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Gold clusters are useful templates for nanosized species retaining a distinctive size-
dependent behavior. Usually, a ligand-protected shell passivates such clusters, where their …