High-resolution crystal structure of a 20 kDa superfluorinated gold nanocluster

Claudia Pigliacelli, Angela Acocella, Isabel Díez, Luca Moretti, Valentina Dichiarante, Nicola Demitri, Hua Jiang, Margherita Maiuri, Robin H. A. Ras, Francesca Baldelli Bombelli, Giulio Cerullo, Francesco Zerbetto, Pierangelo Metrangolo, Giancarlo Terraneo

Nature Communication 2022, 13, 2607

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29966-2

Design and single-crystal X-ray structure of a superfluorinated 20 kDa gold nanocluster, with an Au₂₅ core coated by a shell of multi-branched highly fluorinated thiols (SF₂₇) resulting in almost 500 fluorine atoms.