Xiyue Liu, James N McPherson, Carl Emil Andersen, Mike S B Jørgensen, René Wugt Larsen, Nathan J Yutronkie, Fabrice Wilhelm, Andrei Rogalev, Mónica Giménez-Marqués, Guillermo Mínguez Espallargas, Christian R Göb, Kasper S Pedersen
Acquiring spatial control of nanoscopic metal clusters is central to their function as efficient multi-electron catalysts. However, dispersing metal clusters on surfaces or in porous hosts is accompanied by an intrinsic heterogeneity that hampers detailed understanding of the chemical structure and its relation to reactivities. Tethering pre-assembled molecular metal clusters into polymeric, crystalline 2D or 3D networks constitutes an unproven approach to realizing ordered arrays of chemically well-defined metal clusters...
February 8, 2024: Nature Communications