Structure and Properties of Substituted Gold Clusters

Authors

  • V.G. Yarzhemsky Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, 31, Leninsky, 119991, Moscow, Russia
  • M.A. Kazaryan Lebedev Institute of Physics 53, Leninsky, 119991, Moscow, Russia
  • N.A. Bulychev Lebedev Institute of Physics 53, Leninsky, 119991, Moscow, Russia
  • E.N. Muraviev Research Institute of Technical Glass, 29, Krzhizhanovskogo, Moscow 117218, Russia
  • Yu A. Dyakov Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
  • O.K. Kosheleva Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 11529, Taiwan
  • C.H. Chen Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Sec. 2, Taipei 11529, Taiwan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12974/2311-8792.2014.02.02.2

Keywords:

Nanoparticles, cage structure, endohedral gold clusters, gold nanoparticles, 5d-elements

Abstract

Structure and stability of some substituted gold nanoparticles were investigated by quantum chemical calculations. It was found that terminal SH and SiO4H3 groups can substitute gold atoms without changes of regular structure in positions, where the number of Au-Au bonds does not exceed three. It was also revealed that neutral and charged endohedral clusters Au12M (M = Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os) form stable symmetrical or quasi-symmetrical structures for different values of total cluster charge. The latter property makes possible attachment/ detachment of functional ligands, and could have a potential for drug delivery. 

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2014-07-25

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Yarzhemsky, V., Kazaryan, M., Bulychev, N., Muraviev, E., Dyakov, Y. A., Kosheleva, O., & Chen, C. (2014). Structure and Properties of Substituted Gold Clusters. Journal of Nanotechnology in Diagnosis and Treatment, 2(2), 27–33. https://doi.org/10.12974/2311-8792.2014.02.02.2

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