Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Journal of Physical Chemistry C
5 years ago

Development of Integrated Dry–Wet Synthesis Method for Metal Encapsulating Silicon Cage Superatoms of M@Si16 (M = Ti and Ta)

Development of Integrated Dry–Wet Synthesis Method for Metal Encapsulating Silicon Cage Superatoms of M@Si16 (M = Ti and Ta)
Takeshi Iwasa, Hiroki Akatsuka, Atsushi Nakajima, Norihiro Tokitoh, Hironori Tsunoyama, Yoshiyuki Mizuhata, Masahiro Shibuta
Nanoclusters (NCs) of several to hundreds of atoms in size are prospective functional units for future nanomaterials originating in their unique, size-specific properties. To explore the field of NC-based materials science, the development of large-scale, size-exclusive synthesis methods is in high demand, as one can see from the successful evolution of fullerene science. We have developed a large-scale synthesis method for main group-based NC compounds by scaling up the clean dry-process with a high-power impulse magnetron sputtering. The 100 mg scale synthesis of binary NCs of M@Si16 (M = Ti and Ta) stabilized by poly(ethylene glycol) dimethyl ether enables us to characterize their structures by an array of methods, for example, mass spectroscopy, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and 29Si nuclear magnetic resonance. Spectroscopic evidence indicates that the M@Si16 NCs are the metal-encapsulating tetrahedral silicon-cage structure satisfying the 68 electrons, closed-electronic-shell superatom.

Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06449

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b06449

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