Cu12 Photothermal Cluster

Highly stable aqueous photothermal conversion

A thiacalixarene-protected Cu12 cluster assembled via a cluster-cluster strategy, stable in strong acids, bases, and common solvents, exhibiting efficient photothermal conversion.

Zuohu, Zhou · Linmeng, Xu · Zhao, Guiyan · Zhou, Kun · Chen, Baokuan · Bi, Yanfeng

Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers 2023

Advantages

Stable in strong acid (pH=1) and strong base (pH=14)

Stable in common solvents (alcohol, acetonitrile, acetone, CHCl3, N,N-dimethylacetamide, etc.)

Efficient photothermal conversion in both solid state and water/N,N-dimethylformamide solvents