Ligand-Induced Structural Evolution and Luminescence Tuning in a Series of Superatomic Ir/Ag Hydride-Containing Nanoclusters
Wei-Jung Yen, Tzu-Hao Chiu, Michael N. Pillay, Samia Kahlal, Jean-Yves Saillard, C. W. Liu · 2026
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Wei-Jung Yen and co-authors report a family of iridium-silver nanoclusters in 2026 whose shapes and glow shift with their outer ligands. Each cluster holds one iridium hydride unit inside twenty silver atoms wrapped by twelve sulfur or selenium donor ligands, forming an eight-electron superatom system made in one pot.
Swapping ligands mid-synthesis moved capping atoms around, giving forms with symmetry from none to threefold, including the first selenium-guarded iridium-silver superatom. All four clusters glowed in the near-infrared as solids, with quantum yields up to 10 percent. The brightest carried the most lopsided ligand shell, suggesting that deliberate core distortion can raise emission for future light-based materials.
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| CREATOR | Wei-Jung Yen, Tzu-Hao Chiu, Michael N. Pillay, Samia Kahlal, Jean-Yves Saillard, C. W. Liu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34359 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |