Date of Award
2019
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S. in Chemistry
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
First Advisor
Amala Dass
Second Advisor
Saumen Chakraborty
Third Advisor
James Cizdziel
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
Au36(SR)24 is one of the most comNanomolecules (NM) in gold NM field and crystal structures of Au36(SR)24 with different thiolate protecting ligand such as tert-butylbenzene thiol, thiophenol and cyclopentane thiol have been reported. It has been predicted that aromatic thiol protected Au36(SR)24 NM have same core structures like the other reported Au36(SR)24 NMs. Due to the steric and electronic conjugation effects the staples on the gold core exhibit minor changes in the bond length without affecting the gold core. By varying the Gold:Thiol ratio the NM size can be controlled. Herein, we report the synthesis, isolation and characterization of two new sizes in the p-MBT series and the crystal structure of Au36(SPh-pCH3)24 NM.
Recommended Citation
Ganeshraj, Vigneshraja, "X-Ray Crystal Structure of Au36(SPh-pCH3)24 Nanomolecules" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1544.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1544