The neutral gold cluster, Au3, has been trapped in a benzene matrix at 77 K and its e.s.r.spectrum observed: it consists of sixteen sets of quartets with a197(2)= 382.9 G (3.83 × 10–2 T), a197(1)= 58.0 G (5.8 × 10–3 T), and g= 1.865; these parameters suggest a slightly bent structure with 2B2(C2v) ground state.
Thermally-Induced Formation of Atomic Au Clusters and Conversion into Nanocubes
作者:Rongchao Jin、Shunji Egusa、Norbert F. Scherer
DOI:10.1021/ja0482482
日期:2004.8.1
A thermal method for converting Au colloids into atomic Au clusters and subsequent growth of Au nanocubes from clusters is reported. Mass spectral analysis shows that these clusters are Au trimers. The Au clusters show distinct optical absorption at 305 and 250 nm and have extraordinary stability under ambient conditions.
Resonant two‐photon ionization spectroscopy of jet‐cooled Au<sub>3</sub>
作者:Gregory A. Bishea、Michael D. Morse
DOI:10.1063/1.461213
日期:1991.12.15
A band system of jet-cooled Au3 has been located in the near infrared region of the spectrum using resonant two-photon ionization spectroscopy. The origin band is located at 13 354.15 cm−1 and the system extends more than 700 cm−1 further to the blue. The excited state displays a radiative lifetime of approximately 28 μs, corresponding to an absorption oscillator strength of f≊0.0003. Accordingly, it is thought that the transition corresponds to a spin-forbidden doublet (S=1/2) to quartet (S=3/2) transition, which is made allowed by spin–orbit contamination, presumably in the upper state. A progression in a totally symmetric stretching vibration (ω=179.7 cm−1 ) is obvious in the spectrum, along with a much weaker progression in another mode, which displays an interesting pattern of splittings. Although no assignment is absolutely unambiguous, various candidates are presented. The most likely of these assigns the system as an à 4E′←X̃ 2E′ transition in the D3h point group, with both the ground X̃ 2E′ and excited à 4E′ states undergoing Jahn–Teller distortion. The vibronic levels of the à 4E′ state have been fitted assuming a linear Jahn–Teller effect in a system with both spin–orbit splitting and a significant anharmonicity in the Jahn–Teller active e′ vibrational mode. The combined effects of anharmonicity in the Jahn–Teller active mode and spin–orbit coupling appear not to have been previously investigated; they are therefore examined in some detail.