Ligand engineering of circularly polarized luminescence inversion and enhancement for chiral Ag<sub>6</sub> nanoclusters
Hui Chen, Xiangyang Zhang, Kuo Fu, Xuejuan Wang, Guofeng Liu
Abstract
Four pairs of chiral Ag 6 L 6 nanoclusters, synthesized using ligand engineering with thiazithione and oxazinthione, exhibit enhanced luminescence quantum yield attributed to S⋯S interactions and demonstrate supramolecular chirality inversion regulated by peripheral methyl and phenyl groups.
Topics & Concepts
NanoclustersLuminescenceMaterials scienceChirality (physics)Supramolecular chemistryLigand (biochemistry)Supramolecular chiralityQuantum yieldCrystallographyPhotochemistryNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsOpticsCrystal structureChemistryFluorescencePhysicsChiral symmetry breakingQuantum mechanicsBiochemistryNambu–Jona-Lasinio modelReceptorQuarkNanocluster Synthesis and ApplicationsGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and ApplicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials