Alkyne‐Stabilized Ruthenium Nanoparticles: Manipulation of Intraparticle Charge Delocalization by Nanoparticle Charge States

Abstract

Particles in charge: Ruthenium nanoparticles passivated by RuC interfacial bonding interactions exhibit apparent intraparticle charge delocalization, which can be manipulated by the nanoparticle charge state. Control of the back-bonding occurs by interactions between ruthenium core electrons and sp-hybridized carbon atoms of the alkynyl ligands (see picture: Csp 1s binding energy (BE): •••• reduced, - - - - oxidized form, — as-prepared nanoparticles). Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as ”Supporting Information”. Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.