Unlocking spontaneous chiral resolution in silver clusters through steric and anionic control
Open Access
- 11 February 2026
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Chemical Science
- Vol. 17 (10) , 4948-4954
Abstract
Spontaneous chiral resolution was achieved in C 3 -symmetric trinuclear silver clusters by tuning ligand steric effects and anions. Anion exchange reversibly switches homochiral and racemic polymorphs, enabling control of spontaneous resolution.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (92261109)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (22371280)
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province (2023J01219)
- State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University (202426)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CXZX-2022-GH02)
- Natural Science Foundation of Xiamen Municipality (3502Z202371030)
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