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Langmuir | 2009

Mass Spectrometry of Small Bimetal Monolayer-Protected Clusters

Christina A. Fields-Zinna; Matthew C. Crowe; Amala Dass; Joshua E. F. Weaver; Royce W. Murray

Monolayer-protected clusters were prepared by procedures like those yielding Au25L18 (where L=-SCH2CH2Ph=-SC2Ph) but using, instead, mixtures of Au and Pd salts, as starting materials, with the intent of creating and characterizing Au25-xMxL18 clusters. Isolation of small nanoparticle product followed by partial ligand exchange to introduce thiolated poly(ethylene glycol) (SPEG=-S(CH2CH2O)5CH3) into the nanoparticle ligand shell enabled characterization of the Au25-xMxL18 content by positive mode electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). For synthetic feed mole ratios of Au:Pd of 9:1 and 13:12, electrospray spectra of the PEGylated MPCs showed that the reaction and isolation produce a mixture of Au25(SC2Ph)18 and a mono-Pd nanoparticle Au24Pd(SC2Ph)18. A higher proportion of the mono-Pd nanoparticle is produced by the 13:12 mole ratio, and also when the thiol:metal ratio was lowered, according to ESI-MS and MALDI-TOF-MS. As the nanoparticle mixture is enriched, by solvent fractionations, in Au24Pd(SC2Ph)18 relative to Au25(SC2Ph)18, the distinctive optical and electrochemical signatures of Au25(SC2Ph)18 are replaced by Au24Pd(SC2Ph)18 nanoparticle responses, which are very different, even though only one Au atom is replaced by a Pd atom.


Journal of the American Chemical Society | 2009

Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Intrinsically Cationized Nanoparticles, [Au144/146(SC11H22N(CH2CH3)3+)x(S(CH2)5CH3)y]x+

Christina A. Fields-Zinna; Rajesh Sardar; Christopher A. Beasley; Royce W. Murray

Electrospray ionization triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry of ca. 1.6 nm diameter thiolate-protected gold nanoparticles has been achieved at higher resolution than in previous reports. The results reveal the presence of nanoparticles with formulas Au(144)L(60) and Au(146)L(59), present in the sample as a mixture. The improved resolution is based on lowering m/z by exchanging multiple [-SC(11)H(22)N(CH(2)CH(3))(3)(+)] ligands into the original [-S(CH(2))(5)CH(3)] ligand shell. The nanoparticles are thus intrinsically cationized and appear as a series of 10+ to 15+ mass spectral peaks. The assigned state of charge was confirmed by a collision-induced dissociation measurement.


Journal of the American Chemical Society | 2009

Tandem Mass Spectrometry of Thiolate-Protected Au Nanoparticles NaxAu25(SC2H4Ph)18−y(S(C2H4O)5CH3)y

Christina A. Fields-Zinna; Jason S. Sampson; Matthew C. Crowe; Joseph B. Tracy; Joseph F. Parker; Alexander M. deNey; David C. Muddiman; Royce W. Murray

We report the first collision-induced dissociation tandem mass spectrometry (CID MS/MS) of a thiolate-protected Au nanoparticle that has a crystallographically determined structure. CID spectra assert that dissociation pathways for the mixed monolayer Na(x)Au(25)(SC(2)H(4)Ph)(18-y)(S(C(2)H(4)O)(5)CH(3))(y) centrally involve the semi-ring Au(2)L(3) coordination (L = some combination of the two thiolate ligands) that constitutes the nanoparticles protecting structure. The data additionally confirm charge state assignments in the mass spectra. Prominent among the fragments is [Na(2)AuL(2)](1+), one precursor of which is identified as another nanoparticle fragment in the higher m/z region. Another detected fragment, [Na(2)Au(2)L(3)](1+), represents a mass loss equivalent to an entire semi-ring, whereas others suggest involvement (fragmentation/rearrangement) of multiple semi-rings, e.g., [NaAu(3)L(3)](1+) and [NaAu(4)L(4)](1+). The detailed dissociation/rearrangement mechanisms of these species are not established, but they are observed in other mass spectrometry experiments, including those under non-CID conditions, namely, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) with both time-of-flight (TOF) and FT-ICR analyzers. The latter, previously unreported results show that even soft ionization sources can result in Au nanoparticle fragmentation, including that yielding Au(4)L(4) in ESI-TOF of a much larger thiolate-protected Au(144) nanoparticle under non-CID conditions.


Analytical Chemistry | 2008

FAB mass spectrometry of Au25(SR)18 nanoparticles.

Amala Dass; George R. Dubay; Christina A. Fields-Zinna; Royce W. Murray

The molecular ion of the nanoparticle Au 25(SCH 2CH 2Ph) 18 (A 25(SR) 18) is observed at 7394 Da in fast atom bombardment (FAB, Xe atoms) ionization mass spectrometry using a 3-nitrobenzyl alcohol matrix. A distinctive pattern of positive fragment ions is evident in the mass interval 5225-7394 Da, where peaks are seen for successive mass losses equivalent to R 2S entities. Because the Au 25(SCH 2CH 2Ph) 18 nanoparticle structure is crystallographically known to consist of a centered Au 13 icosahedral core surrounded by six Au 2(SR) 3 semirings, the R 2S loses are proposed to represent serial rearrangements and decompositions of the semiring structures. Mass losses equivalent to R 2S 2 and R 2 entities also appear at the lower end of this mass interval. The most intense spectral peak, at m/ z = 5246 Da, is assigned to the fragment Au 25S 10, from which all of the CH 2CH 2Ph organic units have been cleaved but from which no gold atoms have been lost. A different pattern of fragmentation is observed at lower masses, producing ions corresponding to serial losses of one gold atom and varied numbers of sulfur atoms, which continues down to a Au 9S 2 fragment. FAB mass spectra of the Au nanoparticle are much easier to interpret than laser desorption/ionization spectra, but they show more extensive fragmentation than do electrospray and low laser pulse intensity MALDI spectra. The loss of R 2S fragmentation in FAB is distinctive and unlike that seen in the other ionization modes. The FAB spectrum for the nanoparticle Au 25(S(CH 2) 9CH 3) 18 is also reported; its fragmentation parallels that for Au 25(SCH 2CH 2Ph) 18, implying that this nanoparticle has the same surprising stellated (staples) structure.


Accounts of Chemical Research | 2010

The Story of a Monodisperse Gold Nanoparticle: Au25L18

Joseph F. Parker; Christina A. Fields-Zinna; Royce W. Murray


Journal of the American Chemical Society | 2007

Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry of uniform and mixed monolayer nanoparticles: Au25[S(CH2)2Ph]18 and Au25[S(CH2)2Ph]18-x(SR)x.

Joseph B. Tracy; Matthew C. Crowe; Joseph F. Parker; Oliver Hampe; Christina A. Fields-Zinna; and Amala Dass; Royce W. Murray


Langmuir | 2010

Synthesis of monodisperse [Oct4N(+)][Au25(SR)18(-)] nanoparticles, with some mechanistic observations.

Joseph F. Parker; Joshua E. F. Weaver; Finlay McCallum; Christina A. Fields-Zinna; Royce W. Murray


Journal of Physical Chemistry C | 2010

Reactivity of [Au25(SCH2CH2Ph) 18]1- nanoparticles with metal ions

Jai-Pil Choi; Christina A. Fields-Zinna; Rebecca L. Stiles; Ramjee Balasubramanian; Alicia D. Douglas; Matthew C. Crowe; Royce W. Murray


Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters | 2010

Nonlinear Optical Signatures of Core and Ligand Electronic States in Au24PdL18

Stephen A. Miller; Christina A. Fields-Zinna; Royce W. Murray; Andrew M. Moran


Journal of the American Chemical Society | 2007

Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry of Uniform and Mixed Monolayer Nanoparticles: Au 25 [S(CH 2 ) 2 Ph] 18 and Au 25 [S(CH 2 ) 2 Ph] 18 - x (SR) x

Joseph B. Tracy; Matthew C. Crowe; Joseph F. Parker; Oliver Hampe; Christina A. Fields-Zinna; Amala Dass; Royce W. Murray

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Royce W. Murray

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Joseph F. Parker

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Amala Dass

University of Mississippi

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Joseph B. Tracy

North Carolina State University

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Joshua E. F. Weaver

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Stephen A. Miller

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Oliver Hampe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

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Alicia D. Douglas

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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