TY  - JOUR
A1  - Sung, Jian-Ke
A1  - Kochovski, Zdravko
A1  - Zhang, Wei-Yi
A1  - Kirmse, Holm
A1  - Lu, Yan
A1  - Antonietti, Markus
A1  - Yuan, Jiayin
T1  - General Synthetic Route toward Highly Dispersed Metal Clusters Enabled by Poly(ionic liquid)s
JF  - Journal of the American Chemical Society
N2  - The ability to synthesize a broad spectrum of metal clusters (MCs) with their size controllable on a subnanometer scale presents an enticing prospect for exploring nanosize-dependent properties. Here we report an innovative design of a capping agent from a polytriazolium poly(ionic liquid) (PIL) in a vesicular form in solution that allows for crafting a variety of MCs including transition metals, noble metals, and their bimetallic alloy with precisely controlled sizes (similar to 1 nm) and record-high catalytic performance. The ultrastrong stabilization power is a result of an unusual synergy between the conventional binding sites in the heterocyclic cations in PIL and an in situ generated polycarbene structure induced simultaneously to the reduction reaction.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b03357
SN  - 0002-7863
VL  - 139
SP  - 8971
EP  - 8976
PB  - American Chemical Society
CY  - Washington
ER  -