Chemistry Letters, Vol.33, No.2, 196-197, 2004
Synthesis of dialkyl dithiophosphate surface-capped copper nanoclusters
Dialkyl dithiophosphate-capped lyophobic copper nano-clusters of a mean size of 4.0 +/- 1.1 Urn were synthesized by a novel method. The method was characterized by the generation of small copper clusters through aqueous reduction and the extraction of the clusters into organic solvent using dialkyldithiophosphate.