Michael J. Hostetler

TL;DR: The mean size of the gold core in the synthesis of dodecanethiolate-stabilized Au cluster compounds can be finely adjusted by choice of the Au:dodecanETHiolate ratio and the temperature and rate at which the reduction is conducted as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: A transition from metal-like double-layer capacitive charging to redox-like charging was observed in electrochemical ensemble Coulomb staircase experiments on solutions of gold nanoparticles of varied core size, consistent with new near-infrared spectroscopic data showing an emerging gap between the highest occupied and lowest unoccupied orbitals.

TL;DR: In this article, the dynamics and mechanism of this reaction were probed by determining its kinetic order and final equilibrium position relative to incoming (R‘S) and initial (RS) protecting thiolate ligands.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a versatile synthesis of ω-functionalized alkanethiolate -Au cluster compounds, based on place exchange reactions occurring when a ωsubstituted alkarnethiol is added to an alkanetiolate-cluster solution.

TL;DR: In this paper, the structure of alkanethiolate monolayers adsorbed onto nanometer-sized gold clusters has been investigated using infrared spectroscopy, and it has been found that the smaller chain lengths are relatively disordered, with large amounts of gauche defects present, and thus most resemble the free alkanes in the liquid state.