September 1, 2007
Author(s)
Justin Golightly, Lin Gao, A W. Castleman, Denis E. Bergeron, Jeffrey W. Hudgens, Rudolph Magyar, Carlos A. Gonzalez
1,3-Bis(diethylphosphino)propane (depp) protected gold clusters are synthesized and studied via electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. An undecagold cluster, [Au11(depp)4Cl2]+, is observed under soft ionization conditions, and is found to persist in