DOI: 10.1039/d6sc04505g ISSN: 2041-6520
N-coordination-driven anchoring of M 2 dimers (M = Cu, Ag) on Au6 cluster: structural evolution and enhanced photoluminescence
Yukatsu Shichibu, Kazuki Yamada, Hiroshi Itakura, Hiroto Morita, Lan Xu, Katsuaki KonishiA pyridyl-diphosphine scaffold directs the regiospecific anchoring of M 2 dimers onto a Au6 cluster. This coordination-driven alloying triggers a structural rearrangement and boosts NIR emission by up to 150-fold.